Chocolate marshmallow brownie cake

Paul Bloxham

Cooking Time

40 minutes

Serves

4-6 people

Preparation Time

20 minutes

Ingredients

For the cake:

225g plain 00 type Italian flour
175g unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
2 large free-range eggs
200g caster sugar
200g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
150ml milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
125g chopped walnuts
150 miniature marshmallows

For the topping:

200g demerara sugar
100g bitter chocolate, melted
225ml boiling water
crème fraiche, to serve


Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4.

2. Sieve the flour, half of the cocoa powder, the baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.

3. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, caster sugar, butter, milk, and vanilla essence. Add to the flour and stir the batter until just combined.

4. Stir in the walnuts and marshmallows and spread the batter evenly into a 20cm square cake tin.

5. In a separate bowl, beat the remaining cocoa powder, demerara sugar, melted chocolate and boiling water together until smooth. Pour the mixture over the batter in the tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

6. Serve the cake hot with crème fraîche.

Recipe: Paul Bloxham





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