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Triple Chocolate Cookies
Makes: approx. 30
80g butter
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
280g dark chocolate, melted
2 cups plain flour
¼ cup cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven moderate (180
o
C/160
o
C
fan-forced). Grease and line baking trays
with baking paper.
2. Place butter and sugar in the large bowl.
Beat on medium speed (4-6) until smooth
and creamy. Add eggs one at a time,
beating well after each addition.
3. Add melted chocolate; reduce to low
speed (1-3) and beat until incorporated.
Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and
chocolate chips; mix until well combined.
4. Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls.
Place onto prepared trays and flatten
with the back of a fork. Bake for 15-18
minutes, until slightly cracked. Cool on
trays.
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake
175g butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
2 large eggs
½ cup plain Greek yoghurt
1 ½ cup plain flour
1
⁄
3
cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
Icing
75g butter, melted
180g dark chocolate, melted
½ cup sour cream
1 ½ cup icing sugar
1. Preheat oven moderate (180
o
C/160
o
C
fan-forced). Grease and line a 20cm round
cake pan with baking paper.
2. Place butter and sugar in the large bowl.
Mix on medium speed (4-6) until smooth
and creamy. Add eggs one at a time
alternating with yoghurt; beating well after
each addition.
3. Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking
soda into the bowl. Mix on low speed (1-3)
until just combined. Pour into prepared
pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Stand
in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a
wire rack to cool.
4. To make ICING, place butter, chocolate
and sour cream in the small bowl.
Whip until combined on medium speed
(4-6) until combined. Add icing sugar a
tablespoon at a time and continue beating
until light and fluffy.
