Thursday 25 August 2011

Mocha Brownies :)

This is among the most awaited recipe which I'm finally posting on my blog:)



This was my first attempt of baking brownies:)


Ingredients:

  • 250gm unsalted butter
  • 250gm dark,unsweetened cooking chocolate, chopped (just see to it that the local variety of cooking chocolate already has sugar added, so before getting diabetes amend the sugar quantity accordingly:P)
  • 3/4 cup castor sugar (table sugar ground finely at home or better get confectioner's sugar available in market)
  • 1 Tablespoon dry instant coffee
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup plain flour

Procedure:
  • Take a shallow square cake pan and cover its base with butter paper and grease it.
  • Melt chocolate and butterin pan over low heat, stir until smooth.
  • Remove from heat and stir in sugar and combined coffee and water (mocha instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water)
  • Add into it eggs 1 at a time.
  • Stir in sifted flour with constant mixing. Take care to prevent formation of lumps of flour into the mixture.
  • Keep mixing with a wooden spatula till smooth mixture is formed.
  • Pour the mixture into prepared pan.
  • Preheat oven at 200 C for at least 45 minutes.
  • Bake in the brownies for about 35 minutes or until firm. (best way to check whether brownies cooked or not is to poke the brownie mixture with a knife. If the knife comes out without any mixture particles, it indicates proper cooking)
  • After being baked, cool the pan. Carefully detach the paper from the pan and dish out the brownie cake:D
  • Cut to squares and dust it with sifted icing sugar before serving:)

TIPS:
  • Do not try at higher temperatures you will burn the base of the brownies:P
  • Keep checking your pan after few minutes.
  • If its your first baking attempt do not panic (most importantly:P) if something goes out of the way as practice makes perfect brownies :)

Enjoy home made Mocha brownies with tea:)