Santa's Hat Brownies

Course Dessert

Ingredients

  • 125 g Butter Chopped
  • 200 g Dark chocolate Plus 75g extra
  • 110 g Caster sugar
  • 2 Eggs Lightly beaten
  • 300 g Cake flour
  • 140 g Milk chocolate
  • 16 Strawberries Hulled and trimmed
  • 125 ml Cream Whipped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line base and sides of a 19 cm square cake pan.
  • Combine butter, Dark Chocolate (reserving the 75g extra for later) and sugar in large microwave safe bowl; microwave uncovered on MEDIUM (50%) for 1 minute; stir. Repeat process in 30 second intervals until melted and smooth; cool 2-5 mins.
  • Stir in beaten eggs, flour and then Milk Chocolate. Spoon mixture into prepared pan, smooth top. Bake 25 minutes, or until mixture is just firm to touch. Cool in pan. Turn out and cut into 16 squares.
  • Place extra Dark Chocolate in a microwave safe bowl; microwave uncovered on MEDIUM (50%) for 1 minute; stir. Repeat process in 30 second intervals until melted. Drop a little melted chocolate on the cut-side of each strawberry and adhere to brownie square.
  • Transfer whipped cream to a piping bag fitted with a small round nozzle, pipe cream on strawberries to make Santa's hat pom poms and trimming.