Chocolate brownie cake

Chocolate brownie cake

Get kids cooking at the weekend by baking this yummy brownie cake, much better than shop bought

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin.
  2. Place the butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, chocolate and golden syrup in the pan and melt gently on a low heat until it is smooth and lump-free.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat.
  4. Break the eggs into the bowl and whisk with the fork until light and frothy. 5 Add the eggs, vanilla extract or essence, flour, baking powder and cocoa powder to the chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly.
  5. Put the mixture into the greased and lined cake tin and place on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake for 25-30 mins.
  6. Remove and allow to cool for 20-30 mins before cutting into wedges and serving.
  7. Serve with cream or ice cream and plenty of fresh fruit.
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Per serving

500 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 73g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 1g, sugar 59g, salt 0.5 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2007.

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  • 07 November 2007

    Angie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    At last the perfect brownie recipe suitable for kids and my nut allergic husband. Made it four times in one week. Addictive and easy!

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  • 08 November 2007

    Kirsten rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Perfect every time! Make it for tea, dinner parties or just with my daugter.

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  • 08 November 2007

    Em's Recipes commented on this recipe

    Everybody LOVES this cake and demands the recipe. It's so easy and really does come out wonderful every time.

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  • 09 November 2007

    Annie rated this recipe

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    12 November 2007

    Efi commented on this recipe

    I don't recall a time when I've made this and it did not turn out perfectly! It the cake that everyone loves. I'm always being asked to give the recipe. I've mixed cherries in once and it was good. Gave the cake that slight fruity kick.

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  • 15 November 2007

    liit4eva rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S.

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  • 23 November 2007

    nikkisfood rated this recipe

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  • 11 December 2007

    Grayradish rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    this is the best recipie for brownies... i made lots for my history buddies during our long two hour sessions and they helped us get through it all! rather than the cake tin i put them in a square tin and they came out fine... just cut them up into little squares! AMAZING! 10 out of 10!!!

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  • 23 December 2007

    Mary rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just made this for a pre Christmas Christmas dinner for my family. It was lovely just served with double cream. And very, very easy - even after a little bit of sherry!!

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  • Binder photo Liz

    26 January 2008

    Liz commented on this recipe

    Made this today, absolutely delicious! Recommend it as its easy to make too.

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  • Binder photo Liz

    26 January 2008

    Liz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Brought something similar last week from M&S nice but obviously better today as it was home made.My 12 year old son likes to cook so we made it together.

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  • 01 February 2008

    Lizzie commented on this recipe

    Is this supposed to be squidgy and very soft in the middle and chewy on the outside, or did I not cook it for long enough?

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  • 08 February 2008

    meganoflynn commented on this recipe

    So easy to make, absolutely delicious...

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  • 10 February 2008

    Janjam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely my sons loved this recipe, can't get enough of it!

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  • 19 February 2008

    yeah babii rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    This recipe is rubbish it doesn't work cos the brownies just go all hard and we followed the excact recipe and they didn't work! DO NOT BAKE OR MAKE THESE!

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  • 24 February 2008

    aycan25 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    loved makein it !! I'm a 13 year old who loves cooking and had a lot of fun!!!!!

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  • 01 March 2008

    ljholdsworth rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Tastes delicious, but mine collapsed as soon as I tried to take it out of the tin. Is this because the recipe doesn't specify how much baking powder to use?? I guessed with 1 tsp...? Also, "grease and line a tin" - does that mean grease the tin and then line it, or line the tin and grease the lining? Not very clear, so again, I guessed!!

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  • 03 March 2008

    Zubradevine rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was so simple to make and tasted delicious, i made the mistake of not putting it in a big enough tin so it went over the edges a bit but even those were lovely and chewy, so quick and tasty the kids could do it! Id reccomend it to anyone who loves chocolate

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  • 06 March 2008

    Mrs.Walker commented on this recipe

    This recipe never fails to impress and tastes even nicer when stored in a cake tin and eaten the day after. In reply to a previous comment - yep. it is supposed to have a crunchy texture on the outside and gooey on the inside. Delicious!!

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  • 06 March 2008

    Mrs.Walker rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    whoops! forgot to give it a maximum star rating

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Better than shop-bought

Ingredients

  • 100g butter
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 75g light brown or muscovado sugar
  • 125g chocolate (plain or milk)
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract /essence
  • 100g plain flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
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Per serving

500 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 73g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 1g, sugar 59g, salt 0.5 g

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