Student Recipe

Chocolate brownie cake

Budget: £
Cookery level:
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 30 min
Serves: 4 or more

Ingredients:
100g butter
175g white sugar
75g brown or muscovado sugar
125g chocolate (plain or milk)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract or essence
100g plain flour
3/4 tsp baking powder

Methods:
1. Preheat oven to 180 C.
2. Put the butter, caster sugar, brown sugar and chocolate in the pan and melt gently on low heat until it is smooth and lump-free.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool a little.
4. Whisk the eggs with a fork until light and frothy.
5. Add the eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder to the chocolate mixture and mix.
6. Put the mixture into a cake tin and bake in the oven for 25-30 mins.
7. Remove and allow to cool for 20-30 mins before cutting into wedges and serve.