Brownies

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g butter
• 200 g chocolate (dark chocolate, at least 60% cocoa)
• 80 g cocoa powder
• 150 g sour cherries, dried
• 150 g walnuts or almonds and/or hazelnuts), chopped
• 65 g flour, sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 350 g sugar, fine
• 4 eggs (size L)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Preheat the oven to 150°C. Line a 30 cm rectangular baking pan with baking paper. Chop the chocolate into small pieces. Place the butter and chocolate in a large heatproof bowl and melt in a double boiler. Stir the mixture until smooth and, if desired, add the dried cherries and coarsely chopped nuts. In a second bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and sugar, then carefully fold into the chocolate mixture. Beat the eggs and mix in thoroughly. The mixture should be nice and smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes. Don’t overbake: unlike usual, a skewer inserted into it should not come out sparkling clean! The cake should feel springy when lightly pressed, and still be slightly moist and sticky in the center. Let the cake cool in the pan. Then remove from the pan and cut into 8-10 pieces on a large board. A quick tip: Please treat yourself to good chocolate, the better the brownies will be. Block chocolate or couverture may be cheap, but it doesn’t taste good.