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Perfect with coffee: Chocolate, hazelnut and cardamom brownies

September 28, 2011 by Katie Bryson 8 Comments

Couldn’t resist making this picture as large as possible – hope it’s brought a little warmth to your day!

I baked these bad boys up for the day at Union Roasted when we were asked to bring something we liked to eat while drinking coffee. An excuse to bake? Brilliant!

I found this recipe courtesy of Tamasin Day-Lewis and then added cardamom for a bit of extra depth, and salted roasted hazelnuts for a savoury edge. These are brownies best served in small squares as they’re quite intense.

They’re pretty simple to put together and would make a lovely gift if you were going around to someone’s house for dinner. Find a pretty tin and layer up with greaseproof paper. Or alternatively scoff them all yourself…

Chocolate, hazelnut and cardamom brownies
makes approx 32

285g caster sugar
4 eggs
225g butter
85g cocoa
85g plain flour
12 cardamom pods – outer shell removed and seeds crushed
110g toasted hazelnuts
110g chocolate chunks (dark or milk depending on preference)

1. Grease and line two 20cm x 20cm cake tins and preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix the caster sugar and the eggs until creamy.

2. Melt the butter and then gradually add to the mix stirring until well combined. Then sieve the cocoa and plain flour and stir in to the batter along with the ground cardamom.

3. Bash up the hazelnuts and chocolate until they’re in small chunks and then fold into the mixture. Pour into the tins and then bake for approximately 20 minutes. It should have a slight wobble in the middle – be careful they don’t cook until they dry out or they’ll not be soft enough.

4. Allow to cool in the tin, and then cut into squares. Dust with icing sugar and serve with coffee.

Filed Under: Bakes, Desserts, Gifts Tagged With: baking, cake, cardamom, Chocolate, comfort food, family favourites, feeding boys, hazelnut, home baking, quick recipe

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Comments

  1. El Moorish says

    September 28, 2011 at 8:18 am

    These look and sound absolutely delicious – chocolate, hazelnuts and cardamom are all favourites of mine. I’d be opting for super dark chocolate and extra wobble in the middle 🙂 How much cardamom do you add?

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      September 28, 2011 at 8:56 am

      Ooops! Have now updated recipe with cardamom… It’s not a huge amount as i was being cautious so if you really love it I’d put more in!!!

      Reply
  2. Fishfingers for tea says

    September 28, 2011 at 8:18 am

    These sound divine! I’ve never tried cardamon in brownies before but I think these will be making an appearance soon.

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      September 28, 2011 at 8:56 am

      Thanks Sian – me thinks you will like!!!

      Reply
  3. claire at crumbs says

    September 28, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Oh yum! What a great combo of ingredients! i LOVE cardamom

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      September 28, 2011 at 8:59 am

      Thanks Claire – tiz indeed yum combo!

      Reply
  4. Tara King (@taraking) says

    September 29, 2011 at 10:46 am

    YUM!!!! If only I could take a bite out of my screen!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      October 1, 2011 at 7:34 am

      Licking the screen is less dangerous but likely to cause alarm….

      Reply

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