Double Chocolate and Hazelnut Brownie Cake

Sep 16th, 2012 by Maree Anderson in Off Topic | 6 responses

Double Chocolate and Hazelnut Brownie Cake

This recipe and photo have been sent to me by my lovely Aussie friend, author Jennie Brumley – thank you Jennie!

(NOTE: For an ingredient-specific grams to ounces conversion chart click here)

 

Jennie Brumley’s Double Chocolate and Hazelnut Brownie cake 

Ingredients:

100g roasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
200g dark chocolate, chopped
250g butter
1 ¾ cups brown sugar
4 eggs at room temp
1 cup of plain flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
100g white chocolate, chopped

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C
2. Line a 24cm spring-form cake tin with baking paper
3. Put the dark chocolate and butter in a saucepan and melt over a medium heat. Set aside to cool slightly.
4. Put the sugar and eggs in a large bowl then whisk together until well blended.
5. Sift in the flour and baking powder and whisk together briefly.
6. Add the chocolate butter mixture, white chocolate and nuts.
7. Using a spoon, mix well then pour into the prepared tin.
8. Bake for 50 minutes or until just set. Cool in the tin, then release the springform and peel off the paper.
9. Cut into wedges and serve with ice-cream or whipped cream

Note: pieces of this cake can be frozen for up to 3 months.

 

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OMG this sounds divinely decadent!

And DH’s birthday is coming up soon so this recipe is gonna be perfect for his birthday cake *VBG*

:-)

Maree

 

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6 Responses to “Double Chocolate and Hazelnut Brownie Cake”

1. Jennie Brumley says:

   September 16, 2012 at 1:53 pm

   Glad to be of service! It’s really good when it’s still a bit gooey in the middle. It’s a bit messy to eat but oh, so good =P
   • Maree Anderson says:

     September 16, 2012 at 3:34 pm

     Gooey centre? Oh, yum! It just keeps getting better! I’m popping out this afternoon to buy the ingredients so I can make it next weekend for his birthday :)
     • Jennie Brumley says:

       September 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm

       Sa-weet! Let me know how it goes =)
2. CJ Marienthal says:

   September 17, 2012 at 4:37 am

   Hi,
   Sounds yummy but can you please translate the grams into ounces, cups and tablespoons? We’re not all on metric.
   Thanks, cjm
   • Maree Anderson says:

     September 17, 2012 at 11:54 am

     CJ, I had included a link above the recipe for ingredient-specific conversions from grams to ounces :)
     Here’s that link again:
     http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking
3. Maree Anderson says:

   September 26, 2012 at 2:11 pm

   Just dropping in to say I did make this cake for DH’s birthday and it is omigod delicious and soooo decadent! Kids and DH raved about it. YUM!