The chocolate brownie has been merged with every sweet treat there is. Red velvet, vanilla cheesecake, salted caramel; you can find a brownie version of just about everything. But what about coffee? Have you tried a coffee brownie? And one with a coffee drizzle, no less.
Our coffee brownie has all the chocolaty depth of the brownie’s hybrid cousins without that knock-your-socks-off sweetness. It is rich and intense, perfect for a mocha moment in cake form. It’s like biting into a black hole of chocolaty goodness made even better with coffee.
Tempted? Of course you are.
Ingredients (to make 16 brownie squares)
For the brownies:
185g unsalted butter
185g good quality dark chocolate
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp coffee to make 60 ml strongly brewed coffee
90g plain flour
40g cocoa powder
70g white chocolate chips or chunks (hazelnuts would also work well)
3 eggs
250g golden caster sugar
For the coffee icing:
Brewed coffee (just a dash – you won’t need much)
80g icing sugar
Simple steps to choc-coffee goodness:
Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas 4. Line a 20cm square brownie tin with baking parchment.
Measure out all of the brownie ingredients.
Cut the butter into cubes and break up the dark chocolate. Melt them together over a pan of gently simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted.
Stir the brewed coffee and the vanilla extract into the chocolate mixture and leave to cool.
Break the eggs into a bowl and add the caster sugar.
Whisk with an electric whisk until thick, pale and creamy. This will take about five minutes but is key to keeping your brownies light yet devilishly rich.
Pour the cooled chocolate-coffee mixture into the eggy mixture.
Fold together using a spatula or metal spoon.
Sieve in the plain flour and cocoa powder. Gently fold together, being very careful not to overmix.
Stir in the white chocolate.
Pour the mixture into the tin. Pop in the oven for 25 minutes or until the brownie has a shiny top and is no longer wobbly.
Leave to cool completely before cutting into squares.
Get your coffee and sift the icing sugar.
Add the coffee to the icing sugar in little dribbles and mix well to combine. You should be able to drizzle the icing, so be careful not to add too much coffee.
Dribble or drizzle or dollop over your brownies and tuck in!
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Meet the chimp behind this article!
Head Chimp founded Two Chimps alongside Laura in 2016 after being self-employed from the age of 21. He caught the coffee bug from using an at-home roaster, and the rest is history!
What Andy does outside of the treehouse:
When the weather’s nice, Andy loves going on bike rides with his trusty sidekick, microchimp Felix (who always leads the way, of course). Andy also enjoys spending time tending to the family’s vegetable garden, and looking after their at-home farmyard, which includes a cat, two guinea pigs, and six chickens!
Andy says…
“I believe every day is a school day, and I’m always looking for opportunities to stick my head in a book and absorb new knowledge. I also love a problem to solve and fix – there’s no such thing as problems, only solutions.”
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