Chocolate Brownies Recipe

Up for a sweet treat? Having people for dinner/tea/lunch, and you don't have anything for desert nor the time? 

Then this, ladies and gentlemen is the recipe for you. You can never go wrong with a brownie except if the people you're baking for are diabetic, then you should reconsider in making these goodies. 

Ingredients:
250g Unsalted Butter
200g Dark Chocolate
75g White Chocolate
360g Caster Sugar
65g Plain Flour
80g Cocoa Powder
1 tspn Baking Powder
4 Eggs

What you will need:
Large Mixing Bowl
Sifter
Measuring Scale
Baking Sheet
Baking Tin
Teaspoon
Wooden Spoon

The Method:

This recipe is super easy guys and it should take you around 30 minutes to make and another 30 minutes to bake. The first thing that every recipe tells you to do is to preheat your oven, in this case at 175 degrees C/345 Fahrenheit. Afterwards, prepare all the ingredients mentioned above and weigh them. I'd like to mention as well that you can always make some modifications to it, for instance because I am lactose intolerant, I used vegan butter (that's why it looks white) instead of the usual dairy butter. Also by all means you can reduce the amount of sugar because it's a HUGE amount and you can make it healthier as you wish.

Now that you have weighed all the ingredients, place the dark chocolate and the butter in one bowl and put it in the microwave for about 3 minutes to melt. If a microwave is not available, place them on a burner.

Once you've achieved a creamy consistency like the one above, it is time to just put the other ingredients except the eggs in and start mixing. You can always add to the texture anything that you would like to.

Now that you're ready and you've achieved that, crack those eggs and beat them - (if you don't know how to, trust me and seize for some help, or you'll end up with your egg smashed on your carpet or so) and add them to the mixture and once more mix it altogether.

The next step is to put the texture in the baking tin with the baking sheet on top so that it would be easier to get the brownie out and and it will not stick to the tin. (What I do with the baking sheet is that I put it under running water before I place it in, so that it will take the shape of the tin easily). Place the mixture all nice and evenly and pop it in the oven.

We can move on for the uninteresting part of the whole baking thing - washing those dirty dishes, which I tend to leave them for my brother to do. Instead, in the meantime I like to watch some YouTube videos, or read some blog posts or just play a game on my iPad.

30-35 minutes have passed, and it's time for the one big brownie to come out of the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes. At this time you will be tempted to taste the brownie, but I am assuring you that it's not worth to try (you will burn your tongue and when the brownie is nice and cool to eat you will not taste it). Once it has cooled down, take a knife and cut into 16 pieces, place it on a plate with some ice-cream or strawberries or yogurt or you can just leave it plain like I did and start digging in. Trust me when I say, they are delicious.

Disclaimer: I am not your excuse if you went up a dress size, control yourself! haha.

I hope that you enjoyed this recipe and try it yourself and if you do so please instagram me your pictures using the #casualscrollingsbrownies because I'm a nosy and like to see what other people come up with.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.

Stay Beautiful,
Belle xxx

Baking a Lemon Drizzle Cake.

Hello beautiful ladies (and gentlemen?),

I watched Tanya Burr's baking video with Zoella a couple of days ago (if you didn't watch it, make sure to check it out because it's hilarious) and I decided to try it out today because they said that it's Delicious and it looked pretty amazing as well.

It is a pretty simple recipe to do and if you want you can check Tanya's video to see what you need and how to do it but I as well am going to include the ingredients and the simple method here.

You will need these utensils:
- a Kitchen Aid (Stand Mixer)
- a Measuring Scale
- Grater
- Juicer
- a Baking Tin
- a Baking Sheet

You will need these ingredients:
- 3 large Eggs
- Lemon Zest
- 170g Self-Raising Flour
- 170g Caster Sugar
- 170g Butter
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 110g Icing Sugar
- 2 Lemons

The Method:
- Preheat the oven (180 degrees Celsius).
- Before you start mixing the ingredients together, measure all the ingredients on the measuring scale, sift the flour with a sifter, grate the lemon zest with a grater and cut the butter into small pieces.
- Crack the eggs into the kitchen aid mixing bowl. Add the flour, sugar, butter, lemon zest and baking powder.
- Once you've put all the ingredients in the mixing bowl, switch on the kitchen aid and turn it to a minimum speed for about 2 minutes. Once all the ingredients are kind of mixed together, set to maximum speed and leave it for about 10 to 15 minutes until the batter is smooth.
- In the meantime you can spread some butter over the baking tin or you can just place a baking sheet so the cake will not stick to it.
- Once the batter is ready, pour it into a tin and place it in the oven and leave it for about 30 - 45 minutes, checking on it every now and then with a skewer.
- In the meantime you can start making the drizzle. Place the icing sugar into a bowl and add the lemon juice of the two lemons. Mix the two ingredients together until you end up with a nice liquidy drizzle.
- When the cake is ready, leave it to cool for about 15 minutes and place it on the serving plate. Make some holes with a knife or with a skewer depending on how much you like the lemon taste. Decorate it as you wish and you can serve it with tea or however you wish.

Pretty simple huh?! I am eating it while I'm writing and it's almost gone! It is THAT GOOD. If you haven't tried it yet, you should because it tastes amazing and it is so soft. Thank you Tanya for this amazing recipe.

If you tried it or you want to try it, tweet the pictures to me @CasualScrolling so that I can see how yours turned up.

Also if you have changed something in the batter or added some other ingredients let me know in the comments below.

Stay Beautiful,
Belle xxx