Triple Chocolate Brownies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 6 ounces chocolate, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 7 ounces milk chocolate, cut into small pieces
• 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9 inch springform cake pan.
• 3 sift together flour, baking powder & salt, set aside.
• 4 in a medium saucepan over a low heat melt chocolate, sugar & butter until smooth stirring frequently.
• 5 cool chocolate, sugar & butter mixture slightly then beat in the eggs & vanilla.
• 6 stir in the flour mixture until well blended.
• 7 stir in the chocolate chips.
• 8 spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• 9 bake for 20-25 minutes until a cake tester inserted in the cake comes out clean; do not over-bake.
• 10 remove the cake from the oven an place on a heatproof surface.
• 11 sprinkle the chopped milk chocolate evenly over the cake and return it to the oven for 1 minute.
• 12 remove the cake from the oven again and gently spread softened chocolate evenly over the top.
• 13 sprinkle with the macademia nuts and gently press them into the chocolate (optional).
• 14 cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then chill, for about 1 hour until set.
• 15 run a sharp knife around the side of the pan to loosen, then unclip the side of the springform pan & remove it carefully.
• 16 cut into thin wedges.