Raspberry Chocolate Brownies

I haven't done any decent baking since this winter as I've been sick and very busy with everything in my life.  Anyway, as I had a little time on Tuesday night and suddenly felt the itch to bake, I made Raspberry Chocolate Brownies. 

I brought them to the office the next day and surprisingly everyone loved it.  I thought they were overbaked as I left them in the oven for too long while I went to have my shower :-p

I forgot to take a picture after the brownies were cut into squares... what a shame...But I did take a picture of the mixture before it was baked.  I came out so sticky and I thought it would be a failure, but it wasn't, yeah!

It's very important to use good quality chocolate, don't ever attempt to use those cheap ones as they are just NOT the same! 

Here's the recipe.  Have a go and enjoy...... :-)

Raspberry Chocolate Brownies

INGREDIENTS:

150g butter

200g premium quality 70% cocoa dark cooking chocolate

100g premium quality white chocolate

165g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs, beaten lightly
150g plain flour
1tsp bicarbonate soda
150g frozen raspberries

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease & line a retangular baking pan (or any shape you with baking paper.

Chop the butter & dark chocolate into small pieces and put them in a medium heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.

In a large bowl, put the sugar, vanilla extract and eggs together, whisk until they become light in colour.

When the dark chocolate & butter mixture is melted and cooled down,  pour it into the sugar, vanilla & egg mixture and stir well.

Stir into sifted flour & bicarbonate soda , white chocolate (chopped into small pieces) and raspberries.

Spread the mixture into the prepared pan and bake about 35 minutes or until just firm (depending on the pan you use).

Cool in pan. Turn out & cut into squares.