I don’t in general have a sweet tooth. When we go out for meals i would have a starter but say no to dessert. I like making sweet things, cakes, biscuits, puddings… but I’m not that fussed about eating them…
… except, when i do like something sweet I like it really sweet!! Turkish delight, baklava – and other eastern pastries, Chelsea buns – but only from Fitzbillies in Cambridge… and these brownies that my son used to make:
RORY’S CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
Oven temp 170
- 4 oz butter
- 7 oz caster sugar
- 3 oz dark muscavado or similar brown sugar
- 5 oz dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz sifted plain flour (in actual fact I would use self-raising flour as I am very sensitive to the taste of baking powder)
- 2 tbsps cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- gently melt the butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, dark chocolate and syrup together and let cool slightly
- gently and carefully stir the eggs into the mixture
- fold in the flour
- pour into a lined brownie tin and cook at gas mark 3, 325° F, 170° C mins for about 20-25 mins until cooked but still gooey
- yum!
By the way my featured image is from when I was in the Brownies – I was a fairy!!
Lois Elsden 