Cakey Brownies with Walnuts

A white plate with squares of cakey brownies.

4.75 from 8 votes

Cakey Walnut Brownies, a classic dessert that can be made at home from scratch in 30 minutes. It has a light, chocolatey sponge with crunchy walnut pieces, so indulgent, hard to resist not having one too many brownies. Cut them in squares, or bake them as a round cake, the result is the same scrumptious dessert.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: International

Servings: squares

Calories: 170kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Equipment

Oven

Ingredients

100 g milk chocolate chips (⅔ cup)
80 g unsweetened cocoa powder (¾ cup)
200 g butter (¾ cup + 2 tbsp)
200 g dark brown sugar (1 cup)
4 eggs
125 g self-raising flour (1 cup)
100 g chopped walnuts (1 cup)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
Cut the butter into cubes and add them to a pan set over a low heat.
Allow the butter to melt, then add the chocolate chips and sifted cocoa powder, and whisk well to get a smooth texture.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the sugar and eggs with a hand mixer until they triple their volume.
Pour over the cooled chocolate mixture, sift the flour, add the vanilla extract and chopped walnuts and fold everything together using a spatula.
Grease and flour a rectangle cake tin ( mine is 30 x 22 x 5 cm / 12 x 9 x 2 inches) and add the batter in an even layer.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven, and allow it to cool down completely before dusting it with icing or powdered sugar.

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Notes

Do not increase the heat temperature when melting the butter and adding the chocolate, or the mixture can burn quickly and get a bitter taste.

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