Well actually it is more like chocolate fondant. This is another brownie recipe from the little Good Food Magazine book - 101 Chocolate Treats.
It didn't work out quite as planned. When I was whisking up the final mixture, I was eyeing the quantity in the bowl and looking at my brownie pan and thinking "no way, is that going to fit!", so I decided to spilt the mixture between a 9 inch/23cm spring form cake tin and a 8 inch/20cm square brownie pan.
I poured most of the mixture into the cake pan, I filled it ¾ of the the way up and poured the rest of the mixture into the brownie pan. The cake I baked for 45 minutes until papery on top and wobbly, this produced the gooey texture of a dessert. I put the brownie in for 20-25 minutes and used a skewer to see if it was ready. When the skewer came out quite clean I took it out and this resulted in a lovely chewy brownie. Two for the price of one.
I will give you the original recipe, with cup measures added and you can decide which way you would like to try it.
Chocolate Brownies
375g/13oz dark chocolate, chopped
375g/13oz butter, diced
500g/1lb 2oz/2 ¾ cups caster sugar
6 medium eggs (I always use large, this might have been why there was so much mixture)
225g/8oz/2 cups plain flour
Preheat oven to 180c/Gas 4/fan oven 160c. Butter and line a 30 x 21cm/12 x 8¼ inch cake tin. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bowl over a pan of hot water.
Beat the sugar and eggs in a bowl. Stir in the melted chocolate, add the flour and beat well. Pour into the tin and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the top looks papery and feels slightly wobbly. Leave to cool in the tin.
Makes 24 brownies
or my way, 1 deep brownie cake and 1 pan of chewy brownies
The original recipe called for a topping of melted chocolate followed by a dusting of icing sugar, but I didn't bother. To be honest, I forgot. I had visitors while I was making the brownies. Easily distracted, that's me! We had a piece of the brownie the first night and then a slice of the cake today with cream. I think it would be lovely warm with ice cream too.
Oh my! Reckon I've put on 10 pounds just looking at your pictures!!!! It looks soooooooo good ;0)
ReplyDeleteCan't beat a cake and brownie from the same batter. Nice looking desserts.
ReplyDeleteHi Chele, I hope you haven't, that would put people off coming back to my blog, hehe :D
ReplyDeleteHi TB, I wish I had taken a photo of the brownies before I sent Graham's brother off home with them. They were a perfect consistency.
I think these would be lovely no matter how they were served Jacqueline.
ReplyDeleteIt's a chocoholics dream really, isn't it Val :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes you only need one word: yum!
ReplyDeleteBrownies in a cake? Ooh scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteHey CC, Graham took the rest of the cake into work, it disappeared in the blink of an eye :)
ReplyDeleteHi Alex, I don't worry about shapes when I am baking :)
Looks lovely to me Jacqueline! I adore brownies. Love Lucie x
ReplyDeleteNomnom warm chocolate brownie and good quality vanilla Ice cream is the BEST!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be on a diet anymore!! Hope Cooper is well and you're getting some sleep
ReplyDeleteHi lucie, I can report that the cake is even better once it has spent some time in the fridge. It fudged up nicely :)
ReplyDeleteI am with you Fleur :)
Some sleep, but not much Beth :)
Looks amazing! This reminds me of a cake I made once called "Bete Noir"--so much chocolate!
ReplyDeleteOh! Chocolate fudge brownies...look so creamy and rich...yummie!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great name for a cake Ricki! I want it just because of the name :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Juliana, they are lovely and even more fudgey after a stint in the fridge, Mmmmmmm!
Amazing chocolate brownies! Gooey, rich and decadent!
ReplyDeleteLove that you made a cake with some of the batter. Either way, I want some!
Hi Barbara, this one is good, it is definitely a keeper :)
ReplyDeleteI always forget the icing sugar - my attention span is also short and even shorter with sylvia distracting me - but I am sure this tasted divine without it - it looks amazing
ReplyDeleteMy God! These brownies look amazing!! gloria
ReplyDeleteTo be honest that is why I didn't add any too Johanna, although it really didn't need it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gloria :)
Oh scrummy, the picture looks just the way I like my brownies to be. Strangely I came across the Good Food 101 series in a shop today and of course had to look at the chocolate one. Managed to restrain myself from buying it - maybe that was a mistake!
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for a good brownie.
ReplyDeleteOOOOh,...Aaaaah,...I do think that these brownies look to die for,...ooh yes!
ReplyDeleteHey Choclette, they have the book for sale, extremely cheap, on Amazon.
ReplyDeleteMe too Food Hunter, me too!
Thanks Sophie :)
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