~ *AUSTRALIAN Donna HAY's Recipe FOR Romance?/CHOC-Orange 'Brownie' CAKES ! ~

CHOC-Orange 'Brownie' CAKES

125g butter
125g dark chocolate, chopped
2 eggs
2/3 cup raw caster sugar
2/3 cup almond meal
3 tablespoons cocoa, sifted
1 tablespoon orange-flavoured liqueur
1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind

Icing sugar, for dusting
Double (thick) cream and raspberries, to serve

Preheat oven to 180deg.C. Place the butter and chocolate in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until melted and smooth. Place the eggs and caster sugar in a bowl and whisk lightly to combine. Add the melted chocolate and stir to combine. Add the almond meal, cocoa, orange liqueur and orange rind and fold through to combine. Pour into lightly greased 4 x 1 cup capacity muffin holes* and bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until just set. Cool in the tin!
Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream and raspberries.
Makes 4.

* To line the muffin holes, cut 8 strips of non-stick baking paper and arrange 2 strips in a cross pattern in each base.

* You can make the choc-orange brownies the day before.
Store them in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Donna Hay.

Bon Apetit