Chocolate Brownie

Sunday and it's continuously raining out here in NYC.........past 24hrs.......and my urge for having a sizzling brownie has been haunting me dawn to dusk.........so here is the first step to satisfy my urge....BROWNIE....All i needed was

STEP 1

1cup  flour
1 cup  powdered sugar
2Tbsp unsweetened coco powder
1tsp baking powder
Some choco chips - optional

Sift all the ingredients ( except the choco chips)
Add the choco chips to the sifted ingredients and mix

STEP 2

4Tbsp Butter
1bar Chocolate ( I just brought a Hershey's milk with almonds) - but you can select any bar of your choice - dark / milk / unsweetened

Chocolate bits and butter - ready to be melted 

Melted chocolate n butter .....whisk it well

Melt the above ingredients in the microwave and whisk it well to form a smooth mixture



STEP 3

1Tbsp Vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk

Combine Step 1 + 2 = dry ingredients + the melted butter chocolate along with Vanilla essence and milk
Pre heat oven to 355F / 180C
Line a baking tray with parchment paper / grease the tray
Pour in the mixture in the tray and place in the oven and spread it evenly by tapping the dish or with the help of a spatula
Bake for 30 - 35 mins / until the toothpick is out clean

And the final result was

I no longer had patience to sccop out / arrange the platter..............

Digestive Biscuit Cream Cake

This is one of my favorite dishes........and may be one of the earliest experiments I started off with......So we shall start off with

6 Digestive Biscuits/Marie biscuits/ Tea biscuits
1/2 cup Chocolate Sauce                    
4 Tbsp White / Unsalted butter          
1 Tbsp Coco powder            
2 Tbsp Icing sugar  ( You can also use powdered sugar in case you do not get in icing sugar)
Milk -  to dip the biscuits


And here it goes

- Mix in butter - coco - and sugar to a smooth paste
- Take a biscuit dip it in milk and apply the paste on the smoother surface of the biscuit
- Take another one, repeat the process and stack it over....It might resemble like

- The final or the 6th biscuit should cover the entire stack

- Now pour in chocolate sauce over this ..............I made the chocolate sauce at home(let me know if you want to have th recipe ....its simple and takes just 5-7 mins)

- Freeze it for 15mins and then transfer it to the fridge until you want to indulge in this sinful delight :)


Note:
You can also add in hot chocolate sauce before serving
Garnish it with nuts
Top it with whipped cream
Top it with choco chips - if you want more of chocolate


Quick FIX............

So here is a quick instant way to the above recipe...all you need to buy

Biscuits
Chocolate cream
Chocolate Sauce

Follow the same method as above and what you get is

And now you can decorate it with your own ways....I tried Coco powder sprinkles :)

ICED CHOCOLATE CREAM

You would require

8Tbsp Chocolate Sauce        
2Cups Vanilla Ice cream      
8Tsp Instant Coffee powder
4Cups Chilled Milk              
1Tbsp Whipped Cream      
Chocolate Vermicilli  - To garnish
2-3Tbsp Sugar                      

Line irish coffee glasses with chocolate sauce n place them in freezer till chocolate sets
Blend vanilla ice cream, coffee powder, sugar and milk in a blender
Pour into the glass
Top with wipped cream and sprinkle some chocolate vermicelli / chocolate shavings
Serve immediately