Three years today. Three years of sugar, flour and oodles of butter.
Three years ago, I sat in front of a blank page typing my first words. There might be someone who’d probably want to listen to what I have to say, right? For the first few weeks the only comments I got were from friends and family. And then it happened. A stranger! Someone from the other side of the world! I was ecstatic. Since then a lot has happened. I quit my day job in an IT company, I worked at a bakery, I started my own catering service, and began writing and photographing freelance. I thank you for being with me to share the fun and calories. Thank you for your emails, and notes and surprises with the postman. You guys make the loveliest bunch of people.
I made some double chocolate truffle brownies today to give myself a pat on the back. It’s intensely chocolatey, it’s gooey and it has beautiful bits of white chocolate peeking through. But more importantly, it’s such an easy recipe. Everything’s ready in 30 minutes from start to finish (not counting the excruciating time spent waiting for it to cool). Just look at the glossy, gooey inside!
And now, for the fun part! I’m giving away a copy of a cute little book I adore called Popina Book of Baking and bunch of vanilla beans.
This is what you can get!
Just like the previous giveaway this one is open to readers from all over until the end of this month. Here is how you can enter:
- Comment below letting me know something about you – your favourite spice and how you use it, what you’re baking next, your biggest baking disaster (mine was last week when I dropped a cake on the floor, minutes before it has to be sent out –boohoo), anything! I like stories.
- Tweet about the giveaway (I just entered @purplefoodie’s giveaway for Popina book of Baking and Vanilla beans http://bit.ly/bV23m7 !)
- Subscribe to the blog via email. (Those who are already subscribed by email, you’re entered!)
Note: Each give you an additional entry for the giveaway. Use all three ways, and you increase your chances of winning.
Double Chocolate Truffle Brownies
Adapted from: Popina Book of Baking (USA | UK | India)
Yield: 9 squares
Ingredients:
240g / 8.5oz dark chocolate
100g /3.5oz butter
3 eggs
125g / 4.5oz sugar
55g / 2o flour
70g /2.5oz white chocolate, chopped
cocoa powder, to dust
Equipment: A 7 inch square pan
Method:
- Line the pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 150C/300F.
- Melt the chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl set over simmering water. Stir until melted. Set aside.
- In another bowl whisk together the eggs and sugar until light and frothy. Sift in the flour and fold into the mixture, making sure to incorporate all the flour (it loves to sink to the bottom and you might just miss it). Stir in the melted chocolate mixture, and then finally the chopped white chocolate.
- Pour the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 15-17 minutes. The brownie should have a slight jiggle in the centre. It will continue to cook even after you’ve pulled it out of the oven. Keep an eye on your watch, overbaked brownies are a pretty bad thing.
- Leave to cool completely. Dust with cocoa powder and cut into 9 squares.