Ingredients
- Servings: 1
- 5 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 2/3 cup butter
- 4 teaspoons hot water
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 egg
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
- 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1/3 cup sour milk
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon (optional)
- 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
Recipe
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ready Time: 50 mins
- preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour a 9x9 inch square pan.
- in a double boiler, or in the microwave, melt 5 squares of unsweetened chocolate with 2/3 cup butter. combine hot water and instant coffee, stir into the melted chocolate. set aside to cool.
- in a medium bowl, beat in eggs, egg yolks, and 1 cup sugar until smooth. stir in vanilla. sift together flour, baking powder, and cocoa; mix into the egg mixture. next, mix in the cooled chocolate mixture. stir in 1/2 cup walnuts. spread the batter into the prepared pan.
- bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven. cool completely before frosting.
- to make the frosting, melt the remaining 3 squares of unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler. stir in sour milk, and 1 tablespoon sugar; stir until smooth. remove from heat, and stir in the . spread over the cooled brownies, and sprinkle with remaining walnuts. allow the frosting to set before cutting into bars.
Ingredients
- Servings: 1
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 18 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 6 eggs
Recipe
- preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside.
- in a small saucepan over medium heat combine the water, salt and sugar. stir until completely dissolved and set aside.
- either in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave oven melt the bittersweet chocolate. pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.
- cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate, 1 piece at a time. beat in the hot sugar-water. slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- pour the batter into the prepared pan. have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
- bake cake in the water bath at 300 degrees f (150 degrees c) for 45 minutes. the center will still look wet. chill cake overnight in the pan. to unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert a serving plate.
