Chocolate brownies in cute cupcake form, topped with light and fluffy meringue for an extra special twist. Serve these easy brownies with tea and enjoy the compliments
Ingredients
- 100g self-raising flour
- 60g cocoa
- 300g sugar
- 250g butter
- 250g dark chocolate, chopped
- 4 eggs, beaten
MERINGUE
- 2 whites eggs
- 100g caster sugar
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 6. Line 16 ordinary muffin tins with circles of baking paper in the bases and butter the tins. Sift the flour, cocoa and sugar together. Melt the butter with half of the chocolate and stir it into the flour with the eggs.
- STEP 2
Mix in the rest of the chopped chocolate. Divide between the tins and bake for 20 minutes.
- STEP 3
Meanwhile for the meringue, whisk the egg whites with the sugar into a stiff, shiny mixture. When the brownies are finished take them out of the oven and pipe a swirl of meringue mixture onto each. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the meringue lightly browns.