Bloomin Brilliant Brownies

I have always loved everything chocolate so when i found this recipe i just had to try it out. Made this one Tuesday night and popped it into the fridge right after it cooled down, it really does taste better if you freeze it up. Brought it to work the next day and gave my colleagues orgasmic pleasure :)
The best part about this recipe is that its super easy to make!

Bloomin Brilliant Brownies
(Jaime Oliver's recipe)

What you need

250g unsalted butter
200g dark chocolate, broken up
• optional: 75g dried sour cherries
• optional: 50g chopped nuts
80g cocoa powder, sifted
65g plain flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
360g caster sugar
4 large eggs

This is the original recipe. I however thought that the required amount of sugar was just too much. I only used 100g in mine, and i added two handfulls of raisins as well.

Making it Work

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C and Line a 25cm square baking tin with greaseproof paper.
2. In a large bowl over melt the butter and the chocolate and mix until smooth. Add the nuts and and any other fruit you want to, and stir together.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and sugar
4. Add this to the chocolate, cherry and nut mixture. Stir together well.
5. Beat the eggs and mix in until you have a silky consistency.
6. Pour batter into the grease baking tray ,pop it into the over and baking for 25 minutes

The brownies should be slightly springy on the outside but still gooey in the middle. Allow to cool in the tray, then carefully transfer to a large chopping board and cut into chunky squares.
Jaime suggest serving it with a dollop of crème fraîche mixed with some orange zest. Eating it on its own, or with a cold glass green tea is fine too.

Happy Baking

xoxo