Tuesday 31 March 2015

Brownies with Ferrero Rocher

Both the birthdays of my big kids fall in March but a day apart. So it's easy for me to just bake 1 simple cake for them ^-^!


They love chocolaty and fudgy brownies.
Well, this is so easy to make ... when I read :
*The beauty of this Brownie is that it is made using just one bowl.
*You do not have to pull out your electric mixer, all you need is a wire whisk and spatula (or wooden spoon).

They love Ferrero Rocher. .. so I just add some to it.

Recipe adapted from : Joy of Baking
Below my version with slight changes made:

Brownies with Ferrero Rocher 
Makes 16 brownies.
Ingredients :
150 grams bittersweet chocolate chopped
113 grams unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons (15 grams) cocoa powder
125grams caster sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 large eggs
95 grams all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 Ferrero Rocher cut into halves

Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees and place the rack in the center of the oven. 

2) Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.

3) Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar. Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour and salt.

4) Pour half the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly with a spatula. Place the Ferrero Rocher evenly spaced apart. Pour the remaining batter to cover all the Ferrero Rochers. 

5) Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.


When this brownie was taken out from the oven, I was "astonished" ! CRACKED! 
But when I read that 'This is a Brownie with a dry cracked crust, a wonderfully moist texture, and a deep chocolate flavor." 
Hoo ! Phew ! What a relief. .. hee .. hee!



Look ! So moist and fudgy ! Yum yum ! topped with a scoop of chocolate flavour ice cream.


Blessed birthday to C & C ! Brownies baked with love from mom.

14 comments:

  1. Hi Karen,
    Happy Birthday to your 2 teens! I'm sure they'll love these brownies, baked with love from their mommy! :)

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  2. Hi Karen,

    Funny that both of your boys are having almost the same birthday and they are both C and C... Cute!

    This brownies looks yummy especially with the generous scoop of ice cream. I'm C and C are very happy with mummy's baking :D

    Zoe

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    1. Ha ha Zoe, not boys lah ! one girl & one boy. My girl's birthdate is 28 March and my boy is on 29 March. Difference by 1 day. Carina & Christopher. .. so it's C & C ^-^!
      Thanks, they liked the brownies too.

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  3. Hi Karen,Happy Birthday to you babies hahaha(I always call my children baby)

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    1. Hee hee ... yes Fion, they will always be babies in our eyes!

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  4. Karen, how yummy to have Ferrero Rocher in the brownies! And served with ice-cream too :)

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    1. Yeah agree ... hee ... hee ... I have 2 small slices only ...

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  5. So am I.... especially Ferrero Rocher.

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    1. Truly ... can't resist the temptation of having chocolaty brownies + FR !

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  6. What a lovely idea for a Brownie! I love Ferrero Rocher! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Hi Karen,
    Happy belated birthday to your lovely C&C.
    Oh wow! FR in brownie, top with chocolate ice-cream some more...drooling!
    By the way, you are right..my Kueh delights are the most 赶的很posts I ever did. Crazy hor! Hahaha!
    Another round coming for LTU April and I am hosting BRFE this month. Hope to see your posts soon.
    Blessing !
    mui

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    1. Hee ... hee ... I just hop onto the last choo choo train too ... panting but not so crazy lah!
      Yea another fun month for LTU & BRFE, and thanks for hosting BRFE!

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