Best-ever brownies

Recipe link: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1223/bestever-brownies

Taste - best. Chocolate on chocolate on chocolate.

Texture - best. Crisp on top, and fudgy on the inside.

Ability to travel well - best. It's the go-to gift for parties, potlucks and house-warmings. Read tip below.

Feedback many, many taste testers - best. There have been many friendly fights over the last piece.

Recipe edits: Reduce sugar to 175g. Instead of using milk and white chocolate, I only used dark chocolate.

Recipe tip: I line the baking tray with a larger piece of aluminum foil. To pack, just lift the foil with uncut brownies inside, fold over the top to cover and tie with ribbon. Instant portable gift!

I Must Be Getting Stressed.

Finals in less than two weeks. *SIGHS*

I'm quite sure I've mentioned this before, but stress gives me an irresistable urge to bake. Well pretty much any surge of emotion; excessive boredom, extreme anger or hyperness or happiness drives me to baking too. Any excuse to bake really. But right now I'm very very sure it's stress. Heh.

This was my Friday evening:
I suddenly felt a need for a chocolate fix and thus,

Dark Chocolate Brownies.

After that was done and cooling, my baking itch wasn't satisfied. And so I went on to make

Apple Crumb Cake (recipe here)

Sheesh. At least when I channel my stress other people get food.

Arrghhhhhhh!!!!!!

Cranky. Need Chocolate.

At times or moods like this, nothing beats brownies.

Triple-Chocolate Brownies, to be more precise.

Uh, no photo of full brownie, people started digging in before I remembered.

That, and I think all brownies kind of look the same.

Texturewise, I think this brownie is pretty perfect, or at least the closest I've gotten to perfect brownies so far. And people usually have different brownie preferences but the feedback from everyone for this one was all great. A light, flaky shell with a moist, slightly gooey middle. And no need to choose between dark, white and milk chocolate it's all there! =D

Triple Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

200g dark chocolate

190g butter, cut into cubes

3 large eggs

270g caster sugar

90g all purpose flour

4 tablespoons cocoa powder

60g white chocolate, cut into chunks

60g milk chocolate, cut into chunks

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180C/ fan 160C. Butter and line a 18cm square, deep cake tin.

2. Melt the dark chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl, placed into a large pan of simmering water. Set aside to cool.

3. Whisk eggs and sugar till thick and creamy, and till the mixture has doubled in volume. Fold this gently into the cooled dark chocolate.

4. Sift flour and cocoa into the mixture, fold. Gently stir in the chopped white and milk chocolate.

5. Pour mixture into prepared tin, spread evenly. Bake about 30 minutes, or until the brownie has started to form a shiny, slightly flaky, papery crust. Leave to cool in tin before cutting into squares.

Spot the chocolate chunks.