Chocolate Brownies

Divine! It took an hour to bake instead of the half hour announced, but hey, who cares when it results in such chocolate goodness? A perfect brownie recipe.

Edited 24 September 2011: I made this today again and didn't bother to check my own review. I baked it only 10 min longer, and it ended up being pretty gooey on the inside (when testing I thought it was just melted chocolate). I prefer a proper brownie texture; next time I'd bake it for an hour again. Served together with the Caramelised Lemon Cake, a perfect combination of sweet and sweet-sour, chocolate and fruit.

Pictured: Last piece of cake, just seconds before final meltdown.

Edited 28 October 2012: This time, the brownie spent 50 minutes in the oven when I thought I'd have to take it out to prevent it from drying out. I loved it the way it was, DH thought it was a tad too dry. 45 min next time?

We served it as a 'grand dessert' with some raspberry coulis, Lemon Mousse and Lavender Honey Ice Cream. The ice cream and brownie were great in combination, the rest got lost a bit, even the raspberry coulis we had specially made for the brownie.

Edited 24 November 2012: Don't bake in an convection oven. The brownie was pretty dry along the top and edges.

Edited 15 December 2012: Whoops. Because we were in a hurry and I took over halfway through, we nearly forgot to add the butter and the sugar. As a result, we managed to beat all the lightness out of the eggs, which resulted in a very thin, crisp chocolate cake and nearly resembled a very crisp cookie more than a cake. Baking time 55 minutes.

Served with Toasted Almond and Candied Cherry Ice Cream for the classic chocolate-cherry-combination.

Edited 24 March 2013: Served as a spring version this time, making a hedge with half pieces of Merci and adding some paper flowers. Very impressive and a lot less work than the Mondriaan Cake!