Velvet chocolate Brownies!!!
pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
- 150 grams chocolate - 55% cocoa
- 115 grams unsalted butter
- Anything between 120 and 200 grams caster sugar - depends on your pref
- 15 grams sifted cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 95 grams sifted all purpose flour
- 100 grams walnuts (you can leave them out or add chocolate chips)
- Add the chocolate and butter to a bowl and melt over a bain marie until well incorporated.
- take the bowl of the heat and whisk in the sugar.
- then whisk in the cocoa powder and vanilla extract
- add a pinch of salt
- then whisk in the eggs - one at a time
- switch to a spatula and gently mix in the flour into the mixture until you don't see any white flour
- you can then mix in the nuts or chocolate chips
- Pour the mixture into a tin lined with parchment paper. even out in the pan using the spatula.
- place in the oven and bake for max 25 minutes. if you cook it for between 18 and 20 minutes, you'll get chewy and fudge-y brownies. anything longer and it will be more cake-y.