Chocolate brownie cake

Chocolate brownie cake

The perfect cake for brownie lovers, try a big slice warm with some ice cream

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter a 20-25cm cake tin and line with greaseproof paper.
  2. Place 175g/6oz of the chocolate, plus the butter and sugar in a heavy-based pan and heat gently until melted, stirring occasionally. Leave to cool.
  3. Whisk the egg yolks into the chocolate mixture, then add the flour, nuts and the remaining chocolate.
  4. Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks, then gently, but thoroughly, fold into the chocolate mixture.
  5. Pour into the prepared tin and bake in the centre of the oven for about 35-40 mins until crusty on top. Leave to cool, then run a knife around the sides and remove from the tin. Dust with icing sugar and serve warm with custard or ice cream or cold with cream.

Per serving

405 kcalories, protein 4.0g, carbohydrate 41.0g, fat 26.0 g, saturated fat 14.0g, fibre 0.44g, sugar 34.0g, salt 0.06 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, Vegetarian Christmas 2006.

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    05 April 2011

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  • 21 April 2011

    Ferrocene rated and commented on this recipe

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    Just perfect ! It's not too rich and not too heavy or sickly. I added 200g melted dark chocolate, as that's all I had, and doubled the amount of chopped pecans to make up for the lack of chocolate chips. It was very nutty and a pleasure to eat. Will make again but will try it with fewer nuts and chocolate chips. Whipping the egg whites first definitely gives it its lightness.

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  • 23 April 2011

    chocolatelover rated and commented on this recipe

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    If you use milk chocolate it tastes less rich so a good one for children who don't like the richness of dark chocolate!

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  • 27 April 2011

    gemmaford rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing cake so moist have made this for friends who are new mums just without nuts .

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  • 11 May 2011

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  • 24 May 2011

    missberavin commented on this recipe

    i added some cherries instead of pecans to this recipe - HUGE hit with everyone who tried - one of our favourites :)

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  • 29 May 2011

    Gorgeous griller rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely delicious, served just warm with ice-cream and strawberries.

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  • 30 May 2011

    Snookiebear rated and commented on this recipe

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    Used hazelnuts because I had no pecans - yummy.

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  • 06 June 2011

    Vicky commented on this recipe

    I am a terrible cook and this was brilliant! Made a lovely yummy cake. I used walnuts, very tasty!

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  • 10 June 2011

    whitechoco84 commented on this recipe

    Is this recipe freezable?

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  • 20 June 2011

    Karen rated and commented on this recipe

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    Always failed at other Brownie recipes, But this one came out much better, so will always use this recipe and expand the ingredients as I get better

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  • 28 June 2011

    Fiona rated and commented on this recipe

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    I found it needed a bit longer to cook and had to put foil over it to stop the top burning. Otherwise great!

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  • 10 July 2011

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  • 12 July 2011

    diane7liverpool rated and commented on this recipe

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    Heavenly! Followed the recipe but didn't add nuts (allergies) so added extra chocolate pieces......yummy

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  • 15 July 2011

    Louise rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very easy and delicious, made for a birthday cake but eaten as dessert after dinner slightly warmed again with good quality ice cream.

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  • 22 July 2011

    caramacgirl rated and commented on this recipe

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    I have made this cake several times now- it has turned out really well, which is great as my previous sporadic attempts at brownies have been disappointing. It is very rich so I make it in a larger 25cms tin so that the slices are thinner. I omit the nuts. Serve it hot or cold with some raspberries and/or raspberry coulis - great combination with chocolate!

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  • 01 August 2011

    Lucy Job rated and commented on this recipe

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    Failed miserably

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  • 05 August 2011

    CrazyMumPreston rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing!! Sooo nice. Made for a girlie gathering and eaten warm with vanilla ice cream. Had to cook a bit longer though about 10 mins as I was paranoid it wasn't cooked thru. Still turned out lovely and moist

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Ingredients

  • 175g unsalted butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 225g dark chocolate , broken into pieces
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 3 medium eggs , separated
  • 65g plain flour
  • 50g chopped pecan nuts
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Per serving

405 kcalories, protein 4.0g, carbohydrate 41.0g, fat 26.0 g, saturated fat 14.0g, fibre 0.44g, sugar 34.0g, salt 0.06 g

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