It's prank time in the Made in Kent studios!
The Breakfast Bake-off was a little different this week, as Marketing Manager Eleanor FORGOT!
This came as the perfect opportunity to prank Presenter Matt James!
Digital Content Creator Georgina went on a mission to find some chocolate brownies that could be used to trick Matt James and she found some amazing brownies from the local bakery. Of course we had to cut them into fours so they didn't look as perfect as they did.
All that was left to do was to perform the prank live on the Breakfast Show. If you missed the segment you can listen back to the show via the Listen Again function on our app - it's free to download! The brownies were revealed and Matt James rated it an amazing 10-out-of-10. However it was only right that Eleanor and Georgina came clean and admitted the trick. Matt James was truly surprised and the prank was a success!
Now if you are wanting to make some gooey brownies of your own here is a similar recipe!
Your ingredients:
- 150g butter
- 75g light soft brown sugar
- 150g plain chocolate, broken into pieces
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 3 eggs
- 125g golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150g plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder, plus more to dust
- 4-6 tbsp dulce de leche, caramel or chocolate hazelnut spread
Instructions:
- STEP 1:
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking parchment. Melt together the butter, brown sugar, chocolate and golden syrup gently on a low heat until it is smooth. Remove the pan from the heat.
- STEP 2:
Whisk together the eggs and caster sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy – this will take a few minutes and is worth doing properly. Add the vanilla extract, then sift over the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and add the chocolate mixture. Fold everything together quickly and scoop half of the mixture into the tin. Dot over scoops of caramel or chocolate hazelnut spread and then scoop the rest of the brownie mixture over the top. Add more scoops of caramel or chocolate spread, if you like, and bake for 30 mins. The top of the mixture should now be set and slightly cracked looking, but the mixture underneath will still have a slight wobble.
- STEP 3:
Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before cutting into squares. Dust the tops with cocoa or icing sugar, if you like, or if serving as a dessert drizzle with more caramel. Will keep for 3 days in an airtight container.
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Enjoy your chocolate brownies! Don't forget to tag us in anything online - we want to see your Monday bake-off creations!
