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Chocolate orange brownies
Makes 16 Cakes, Bread and Pastries
Ingredients
- 175g butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing
- 175g dark chocolate (55-62% cocoa solids), roughly chopped
- 25g cocoa powder
- 3 eggs
- 225g caster sugar
- zest 1 orange
- 100g plain flour
- cocoa powder or icing sugar, for dusting (optional)
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/ Gas 4. Grease the sides of the cake tin and line the base and sides with baking paper. Put the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl and sift in the cocoa powder. Place over a pan of gently simmering water until melted, stirring regularly and making sure the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Remove the bowl from the heat.
In the bowl of a food processor, whisk the eggs, sugar and orange zest until light and fluffy. (Alternatively, put the ingredients in a large bowl and use an electric beater). While continuing to whisk, add the chocolate mixture until well combined. Sift in the flour and fold in well.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 20-25 minutes until the brownies are dry on top but still slightly fudgy inside. Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack then cut into 16 squares. Dust with cocoa powder or icing sugar, if you like.
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