Coffee Frosted Brownies
By Adele Fernandes, Slice of Life
Ingredients:
n 150 gms all-purpose flour
n 330 gms sugar
n 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
n 1 tsp baking powder
n 1 tsp vanilla extract
n 170 gms butter
n 90 ml boiling water
n 3 eggs
n 120 gms chocolate chips (40-50% cocoa)
n 150 gms walnuts (or pecans), chopped
Frosting
n 75 gms butter
n 220 gms sweet or semisweet dark chocolate
n 2 tbsp hot espresso or very strong coffee
Method:
Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a 13 x 9 in cake tin with grease-proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin. Melt the butter in a saucepan. In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract. Add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth. Add chocolate chips and nuts. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean, approximately 20-30 minutes. Cool the cake. For the frosting, mix butter, chopped chocolate and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted. Stir until smooth and glaze over the cake.
By Adele Fernandes, Slice of Life
Ingredients:
n 150 gms all-purpose flour
n 330 gms sugar
n 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
n 1 tsp baking powder
n 1 tsp vanilla extract
n 170 gms butter
n 90 ml boiling water
n 3 eggs
n 120 gms chocolate chips (40-50% cocoa)
n 150 gms walnuts (or pecans), chopped
Frosting
n 75 gms butter
n 220 gms sweet or semisweet dark chocolate
n 2 tbsp hot espresso or very strong coffee
Method:
Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a 13 x 9 in cake tin with grease-proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin. Melt the butter in a saucepan. In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract. Add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth. Add chocolate chips and nuts. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean, approximately 20-30 minutes. Cool the cake. For the frosting, mix butter, chopped chocolate and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted. Stir until smooth and glaze over the cake.
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