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Christmas Tree brownies

Prep Time12 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Servings: 8 (large) brownies

Ingredients

For the brownies

  • 75 g cocoa powder
  • 185 g dairy free butter (melted)
  • 300 g caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 120 g gluten free plain flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 150 g dairy free chocolate

For the decoration

  • 100 g dairy free butter block
  • 200 g icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon green food colouring
  • 1 teaspoon dairy free milk
  • Gluten free sprinkles
  • 8 candy canes

Instructions

For the brownies

  • Pre heat the oven to 180°C and grease and line a 20cm circular cake tin.
  • Add your cocoa powder, caster sugar and melted dairy free butter to a bowl and mix until combined.
  • In a separate bowl beat your 3 eggs. Gradually add the beaten eggs to the chocolate mixture and stir well.
  • Next, add your gluten free flour and xanthan gum to the mixture and stir until fully combined.
  • Stir through your chunks of chocolate and then pour the mixture into your cake tin.
  • Bake for around 30-40 minutes (See notes for more details on baking times).
  • Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin. I prefer to leave my brownies in the fridge for a couple of hours before removing and cutting. The fridge helps the brownies become even more fudgy and delicious.

Decorations

  • Once the brownies are fully set, remove from the tin and cut them into 8 triangular slices (as if you were slicing a cake).
  • Make the buttercream. Add the dairy free butter to a large bowl and beat until creamy. Gradually add the icing sugar, continuing to beat until fully combined and creamy. Add the green food colouring and splash of milk and beat again until combined.
  • Transfer the buttercream to a piping bag and pipe onto the brownies. Press a candy cane into the base of the brownies and decorate with sprinkles.

Notes

*Cooking time – For a very fudgy brownie take them out the oven after 30/35 minutes, ensuring you leave them in the fridge overnight to set to prevent them from falling apart when you cut them. For a more cakey brownie bake for 40/45 minutes.
For my perfect brownie consistency I remove them from the oven when there is still a very slight wobble to the mixture, I then ensure to set them in the fridge.