Ultimate Chocolate Brownie Cake
Everyone will want second servings of this because it is just SO good! The combination of chocolate and nuts and with a chocolate icing to top it off makes this the perfect dessert.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- Cake
- 125g butter
- 185g dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 2 eggs, lightly whisked
- 1 cup (125g) plain flour
- 1/2 cup (60g) chopped pecans
- Sour Cream Icing
- 100g dark chocolate, chopped
- 60g sour cream
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:45min
- Cake: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a deep 20cm square cake tin and line with baking paper.
- Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of hot water. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and vanilla, then eggs, sifted flour and pecans. Pour mixture into prepared tin, bake in oven for 30 minutes then cool in the tin.
- Turn the cake out, top with the icing; then refrigerate until set before cutting.
- Sour Cream Icing: Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, stir in sour cream stirring constantly until mixture is smooth and glossy.
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Reviews in English (4)
I was looking for a recipe for a quick chocolate cake and tried this one- my whole family loved it! I didn't have pecans but added crushed walnuts~delicious! Next time trying with pecans. Quick and yummy! - 19 Mar 2015
YUM!!!!!!!!!! - 11 Apr 2011
Used different ingredients. used walnuts and apples instead of pecans (40g walnuts) (20g apple)may need to cook for extra 5 mins with this tweak - 29 Jul 2010 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)