RECIPE: Chocolate Cake / Brownie

This recipe is as easy as A, B, C. The “chocolate” cake/brownie recipe is made with everyday ingredients which can be found in almost any home pantry. You can choose the nut you like or/and select your preferred mixture and combination of different nuts. Either way, you will have an awesome cake/brownie which you can share (or not) with your loved ones.

The shorter (18-20 minutes) time you bake your chocolate cake/brownie the chewier and gooier it will be.

Please follow the below recipe with step-by-step guidelines.

                

Time | Preparation time: 15 minutes | Baking time: 20-25 minutes            

             

INGREDIENTS

QUANTITY       UNIT         PRODUCE

300                   GR            Nuts (cashew, peanut, walnut, pistachio, macadamia, etc.)

300                   GR            Dark bitter couverture (cooking chocolate)

300                   GR            Flour self-raising

300                   GR            Butter, unsalted

300                   GR            Sugar white

300                   ML            Milk

                         SOME       Vanilla essence  

MISE EN PLACE | PREPARATION:

1. Weigh all ingredients – have them ready to go
2. Cut butter into small cubes, leave outside
3. Break up dark bitter couverture into smaller pieces
4. Add nuts into blender/food processor and blend till it turns into a fine meal
5. Add dark bitter couverture and blend till fully combined with the nut meal
6. Add butter and blend till smooth
7. Add flour, blend till fully combined
8. Add sugar, blend till fully combined
9. Add milk, blend till fully combined
10. Add vanilla essence, blend
11. Line out baking tray (square) with baking paper
12. Pour cake mix into the baking tray
13. Smooth/flatten out the cake mix evenely
14. Bake in the pre-heated oven (top/bottom heat) by 190 C for approximately 20-25 minutes

The shorter (18-20 minutes) you bake the cake mix the chewier and gooier the consistency (ganache like)

1. Let cool down for 5 minutes, take/lift out from the baking tray onto a flat surface or/and a cutting board, sprinkle with grated dark chocolate
2. Cut into small squares/pieces and served warm with fresh (marinated berries) and thick cream, sprinkle with grated dark chocolate
3. Or let cool down completely, cut into small squares/pieces and store in the fridge (brownies)

The longer (25 minutes) you bake the cake mix the firmer the consistency (sponge like)

1. You can use this cake (sponge like) as a base for any cakes and decorate/finish accordingly

EQUIPMENT / TOOLS required:

Scale (talking) | container, jar (to keep measured ingredients) | cutting board | knife | blender/food processor | spatula | baking paper | baking tray | grater

REMARKS | COMMENTS | SUGGESTIONS:

1. You can prepare this recipe with just one kind of nut or a mixture/combination of different nuts (I just used whatever I could find in my pantry!)

Bon Appetit!

Martin