Buttermilk brownie with chocolate cocoa cream

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12
  • 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour
  • 125 g Flour
  • 25 g + 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
  • 1 TEASPOON Baking Powder
  • 2 eggs + 2 egg whites (size M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 150 g demerara sugar
  • 6 TABLESPOONS neutral oil
  • 100 g Buttermilk
  • 50 g Dark chocolate
  • 150 g + 100 g sugar
  • 150 g + 250 g whipped cream
  • 100 g chopped hazelnuts
  • 7-10 Tbsp Strawberries

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ circulating air: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) Grease square springform pan (24 x 24 cm) and dust with flour. Mix flour, 25 g cocoa and baking powder. Beat the eggs, 1 pinch of salt and brown sugar with the whisk of the mixer until thick and creamy.

  2. 2

    Stir in oil and buttermilk. Sift the flour mixture on top and stir in briefly. Fill the dough into the prepared form and smooth it down. Bake in a hot oven for about 12 minutes. Remove and let cool on a cake rack.

  3. 3

    For the chocolate toffee, break the dark chocolate into large pieces. Heat 150 g sugar and 5 tbsp water in a pan and caramelise until golden brown. Add 150 g cream and bring to the boil. Add chocolate and simmer while stirring until caramel and chocolate have melted.

  4. 4

    Remove from the stove and let it cool lukewarm.

  5. 5

    Remove the cake from the mould. Place the ring around the base again. Roast the hazelnuts in a pan without fat. Take out and let it cool down.

  6. 6

    Beat the egg whites over a warm water bath with the whisks of the mixer until stiff. Add 100 g sugar and 1 pinch of salt. Beat until the mixture is shiny and the sugar has dissolved.

  7. 7

    Spread meringue cream on the floor. Spread caramel cream on top. Sprinkle with hazelnuts. Whip 250 g cream until stiff. Spread carefully on the chocolate toffee and chill for about 30 minutes.

  8. 8

    Remove from the mould and dust with 1 tablespoon of cocoa. Cut into pieces and decorate with strawberries as desired.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
430 kcal
CARBS
45 g
FATS
24 g
PROTEINS
6 g