Recipe: Saffron's Brownies

Saffron's Brownies
A gooey and delicious treat

Ingredients

  • 375g good-quality dark chocolate
  • 375g butter , cut into pieces
  • 6 medium eggs
  • 500g caster sugar
  • 225g plain flour

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 140g good-quality dark chocolate
  • 50g butter , cut into pieces
  • icing sugar for dusting

Method

  1. Butter and line a 30cm x 21cm tin. Preheat the oven to fan 160/conventional 180/gas 4. Break up the chocolate with the butter and melt in the microwave on Medium for about 5 minutes, stirring halfway through.
  2. 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.
  3. Break up the chocolate with the butter and melt in the microwave on Medium for about 1 minute. Stir until smooth then spread over the cake. Dust with icing sugar and cut into squares.

Per square

383 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 1g, sugar 30g, salt 0.39 g