Gourmet on a Shoestring

Prep time: 30min Cooking time: 35min
Makes approx. 30 pieces

I learnt this recipe from my friend Michelle. I had never craved cakes or biscuits until I made this beautiful stuff! Very easy, very yummy, and makes enough to sustain your coffee breaks for weeks!

Ingredients

250g unsalted Butter
125g Dark Cooking Chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 cups Caster Sugar
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 cup Flour
¼ cup Cocoa
½ teaspoon Salt
125g pecans, chopped (use walnuts if cheaper)
Optional: Icing sugar on top

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 24cm square cake tin with grease-proof paper.
2. Heating the butter in a saucepan over low heat. When half melted add chocolate and stir with a wooden spoon until all melted and combined.
3. Remove from heat and stir in sugar.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until mixture is shiny.
5. Stir in vanilla.
6. Sift in dry ingredients and nuts and mix well.
7. Pour into baking tin and bake for 35mins. Cool completely in pan, sift a little icing sugar over the top and cut into small rectangles.

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