Chocolate Brownies

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This is my all time favourite dessert, easy to make and oh so decadent.  I love chocolate and these brownies satisfies my cravings completely. 

250g Butter

200g Dark chocolate 70 - 85%, broken up

80g walnuts, toasted

70g cocoa powder, sifted

75g plain flour, sifted

1 teaspoon baking powder

250g Sugar

4 large eggs, beaten

Set the oven to 180°C
Baking time 20-25min

Melt the butter and chocolate. I placed a steel bowl over a pot of boiling water. Once melted let it cool.

                              

Toast the nuts in the oven for about 10min

Sift the dry ingredients, mix well. Flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder.

Add the nuts, melted chocolate mixture and beaten eggs to the dry ingredient, mix well until it is smooth.

Line a baking tin with oven paper

    

 Pour the mixture into the tin and spread it evenly. Bake for 20-25min.

                                 

Brownies, unlike cake, should be a bit sticky and moist, the toothpick shouldn't come out clean. Let it cool then cut into squares and sprinkle with some iceing sugar.

                                 

Mmmmmn Buon Appetito!

I enjoyed mine with some cream ice-cream and extra nuts.

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Nutrition: 100g Dark chocolate 70 - 85%

Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure and is packed with antioxidants.

• Fiber 44%
• Potassium 21%
• Copper 89%
• Magnesium 58%
• Iron 67%

% Daily Intake Value* (these are approximate amounts)

Banana Walnut Muffins

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So its my mother-in-laws birthday and I baked her one of her favourites Banana Walnut muffins
Happy Birthday Mamma
Enjoy xoxox

Ingredients

100g walnuts, toasted, chopped and cooled
230g cake flour
130g sugar
1tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
pinch of bicarbonate of soda
1tsp cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
120g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
450g ripe bananas, mashed
1tsp vanilla extract

                                    

Preheat oven at 180°C

Grease a 12 cup muffin pan with butter or non stick cooking spray (or insert paper liners)

Bake for 20-25min

Makes 12 muffins

                                     

Toast the nuts on a baking sheet in the oven for about 10min, let them cool

Combine all the dry ingredients together

flour

sugar

baking powder

salt

bicarbonate of soda

cinnamon

cooled nuts

In a seperate bowl combine all the wet ingredients

eggs

vanilla extract

melted butter

mashed bananas

                                  

Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and lightly combine together with a wooden spoon, just until the dry mixture is covered. The batter should be chunky NOT smooth.

                                  

Spoon the batter into the greased muffin pan. 

                                   

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 minutes.

Check with a toothpick if the muffins are ready, toothpick should come out dry and clean.

                                     

Let the muffins cool

                                    

*When I mix together muffin batter I count 10-15 folds, this way the muffins do not end up dry.
*Grease the pan with some butter using wax paper
*Use eggs that are room temperature

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Nutrition: 100g Banana 

Bananas are good for the heart, bones, digestion, and high blood pressure. Bananas are also a good energy booster.

• Vitamin C 14%
• Vitamin B6 19%
• Folate 5%
• Potassium 10%
• Manganese 14%
• Fiber 10%

% Daily Intake Value* (these are approximate amounts)