Wednesday, 31 October 2012

I was craving chocolate

I woke up this morning looking like Simba from the Disney's Lion King. My hair just stood up liked I'd been scared to death. Well, I may be exaggerating just a little bit. But honestly, I almost scared myself while passing the mirror.

After a while I remembered my dream which for sure is a terrifying nightmare for those who's on a diet. In my dream I had eaten a whole tray of dark, luscious brownies and then I had got a horrible stomach ache. Weird, ha? I have never got stomach ache from eating too much sweets before. That just reminded me of that I hadn't baked for a while. So what did I do this morning? Baked brownies, of course. And not one - three! Let's say I was really craving chocolate at that time.


I will start by giving you one of the recipes, because like I sad - I also got a life. (I have a whole season to watch of my favourite series today = Super busy) 

Sticky dark chocolate brownies with marshmallows, caramel and ganache
 1 tray sized cake

1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 cup white flour
4 tablespoons cacao
3 eggs
225g melted butter

2 cups mini marshmallows
1 can dulce de leche (400g)
250g dark chocolate chips
3/4 cups heavy cream


Mix sugar, flour, cacao, eggs and butter in a bowl. When the batter is smooth pour it into a buttered owen tray and let it bake in 150°C/300°F for about 25 minutes.
Spread the marshmallows over the sticky, chocolate cake and let it just melt over the cake in the oven for about 2-4 minutes. Take out the cake and let it cool. Pour the dulce de leche over the marshmallows and then make the ganache for the last layer by melting the chocolate with the cream over a casserole of boiling water. Finish the cake by pouring the lovely ganache on top of the cakes. Place the cake in the refrigerator until it's set and then cut it into delicious squared pieces.




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