Chocolate - Mocha Frosted Brownies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 fluid ounces boiling water
• 3 eggs
• 4 ounces chocolate chips (40-50% cocoa)
• 5 ounces chopped walnuts or 5 ounces pecan nuts
• 1/3 cup butter
• 8 ounces sweet dark chocolate or 8 ounces dark semi-sweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons hot espresso or 2 tablespoons very strong coffee

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 deg f.
• 2 line a 13 x 9 cake pan with parchment paper and grease.
• 3 melt butter in a saucepan.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract. add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth.add chocolate chips and nuts.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6 while cake is baking make the frosting. mix butter, chopped chocolate, syrup and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted. stir until smooth.
• 7 cool cake and then frost.