Brownies are supposed to be easy to make but the three brownies I have had recently at different cafes here in Nairobi have not done it for me. First one was very dry but very buttery(a good thing for me! hehe), second was dry with almost no chocolate, & third was a dry brick. I was thinking of naming the cafes but though against it, Nairobi is too small. I don’t need enemies now.

I like my brownies really gooey & fudge like, with intense chocolate flavour. I really love chocolate, but I will not admit it in public. Imagine a thirty something African male chocaholic, not likely.

Anyway, so instead of whinging about other people’s brownies, I just made my own.

My brownie is real easy to make, you should try it;

• Grab 160 grams of the your favourite chocolate & 75 grams of butter, melt them both in a bowl over simmering water(a bain marie)
• Sift together 50 grams of plain flour & 50 grams of cocoa into another bowl
• In another bowl add 100 grams of sugar & 3 large eggs, beat it hard with a balloon whisk. Until its pale & has soft peaks.
• Stir eggs sugar mixture into the melted chocolate.
• Fold the flour & cocoa into melted chocolate.
• Pour the mixture into a baking tray prepped with grease proof paper.
• Baking in 160 degree celsius oven for about 25 minutes.
• At the end of the 25 minutes, the brownie will be soft & look under done. Thats alright, it will firm up as it cools down.
• Slice it up, I like to have mine with creme anglaise(english custard), creme anglaise is easy to make, google a recipe…. brownies also go great with glace cherries.

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