Back on track with some chocolate dessert, brownies.
The slightly "healthier" version of this one.
AVOCADO Brownies, but I prefer to call them green brownies.




Pre-heat your oven to 180° C.

This week I had a massive dessert "order". I had to bake cakes for a party.
I was pretty sure that we couldn't miss a chocolate cake.




That's why I decided to make this cake from Leila Lindholm, which she describes on her website as 'My Sticky Chocolate Cake'

And do I still have to tell you that this cake was Utterly delicious? No, I don't think so (just LOOK at it!).

You will need:

50 gr butter
50 ml vegetable oil
2 eggs
170 gr caster sugar
70 gr brown sugar, I used blond sugar (cassonade)
150 gr plain flour
4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 pinch of salt
Butter and flour for the tin 
50 gr dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
icing sugar (optional)

Mix together the eggs and (white, brown and vanilla) sugar until the mixture "lightens up". Add the hot melted butter and the vegetable oil. 

Mix in a separate bowl the (sifted) flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. 

Add it slowly to the first mixture. 

Cut your chocolate in little pieces and add them to your mixture.

Butter your tin and pour some flour over it. Put in your mixture into the tin.

Place it in the oven that has reached 150°C.

Bake it for 30 minutes.
Let it cool down and sprinkle it with some icing sugar (optional).

Serve and EAT!

So recently I turned out 20 (I'm becoming old).
I decided to invite alle my friends and to have a big party.
And on every great birthday party there's a great birthday cake!





The ingredients:

-For the chocolate cake (inspiration here):

200g flour
200g sugar
75g cocoa powder
450g milk
10 g baking powder
40g vegetable oil  or any neutral oil (so no olive oil)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

-For the filling:

20 cl full fat cream
1 tablespoon of confectioner sugar
a handful chocolate flakes



Preheat the oven to 180°.
Whisk the first seven ingredients together.
Put the mixture in a buttered mould and let it bake in the pre-heated oven for about 40 minutes.

Take the cake out of the oven once it's baked and let it cool completely in his mould (I let it cool overnight).

Once it's completely cool, yo can start with your cream.
Whisk the cream to a stiff mixture and only when it's stiff you add in the sugar; make sure to not over beat it cause otherwise you stick with butter.

Slice your cake in two layers and put your cream on the bottom layer. Don't put too much cream!
Set the top layer on it. Put some cream on the sides too.
Leave it to cool in the refrigerator.

Take out of the fridge 30 minutes before serving and don't forget to put the chocolate flakes all around the cake!

Serve it and have the nicest chocolate birthday cake!