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Best selling author Margaret Atwood joins Laura, plus she's been back in the kitchen with Mother, and writer Caroline Sandon

Best selling author Margaret Atwood joins Laura, plus she's been back in the kitchen with Mother, and writer Caroline Sandon

2 hours

Cooking with Mother: Wicked Chocolate Brownies

Cooking with Mother: Wicked Chocolate Brownies

Line a 12'' x 8'' cake tin (inch deep) - with tin foil or non-stick parchment

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees - cooking time 45 mins to an hour but check part the way through.

You'll need....

275g soft baking margarine

375g caster sugar

4 large eggs

1tsp baking power

75g cocoa powder

100g plain flour

Put all the ingredients together in the bowl and start mixing...

Approx. 30sec in a food processor - you're aiming for a creamy consistency that's silky smooth and increased in volume a bit.

Once you've mixed it up you can also add plain chocolate bits / nuts in the mixture.

Then pour the mixture into the tray - push it into the corners with a spatula. Make sure your tray's quite deep.

Now it's ready to go into the oven….

When it's ready, it won't be spongy like a sponge cake but you can test it in the same way you'd test sponge…with a skewer. Put the skewer in the brownie and if it comes out free of mixture then it's done.

Enjoy! Let us know if you try the recipe and how you get on. Plus do share any recipes you particularly like making.

Laura with Booker Prize winner author Margaret Atwood

Laura with Booker Prize winner author Margaret Atwood

Laura with Caroline Sandon, the author of Burnt Norton

Laura with Caroline Sandon, the author of Burnt Norton

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  • Thu 29 Aug 2013 14:00