Although I don’t mind chocolate, I wouldn’t say I really, really like it… I can’t remember the last time I bought any to eat as opposed to cook with. I used to make a lot of cakes for the children when they were young, and as birthday cakes – the one in my featured image was for my aunty who was a real chocoholic!
When I make chocolate cakes I make them in the simplest way, 3 oz self-raising four, 1 oz cocoa powder, 4 oz butter/margarine, 4 oz caster sugar, 2 eggs. Sometimes I add a couple of dessert-spoons of Nutella or chocolate spread, or add some chocolate chunks.
I didn’t make chocolate brownies for the children, I guess because I made what my mum made for me… but here is a nice recipe:
- 8 oz dark chocolate (2 oz chopped into small chunks)
- 5 oz butter cut in pieces
- 3 large eggs
- 8 oz caster sugar
- 3½ oz plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
chocolate icing: - 1 oz dark chocolate finely chopped
- 2 tbsp double cream
- ½ tsp golden caster sugar
oven preheated to gas 4, 180°C, 27×17.5×3.5cm tin greased and lined
- melt the 6oz of chocolate with the butter over a low heat, set aside to cool
- whisk eggs and sugar until thick and fluffy and fold in the cooled chocolate butter mixture
- gently fold in the sieved flour, baking powder and cocoa
- carefully stir in the 2oz of chocolate pieces
- pour into tin and spread to the corners
- bake for 25-30 mins and leave to get cold
- for the icing, melt the chocolate in the cream and with the sugar very gently over a very low heat
- when everything has melted together, add 1-1½ tbsp of boiling water
- decorate the brownies with the icing and cut into slices
Lois Elsden 
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