by Aline Maillard, Switzerland
We all know it; we’re invited to a fancy work party and there are cakes, puddings, cookies, muffins, whatever the heart desires. Just not in gluten-free. Maybe, if we’re lucky, we ask for gluten-free options and get a fruit salad. Or as it was in my case, an orange. Don’t get me wrong, it was a tasty orange, but it still pained this little sweet tooth’s heart.
So, I took it upon myself and offered a little gluten-free dessert buffet at my Birthday Party. Just to prove, that there’s more than fruit salad.
I made a matcha cake, that I can strongly recommend; it’s absolutely delicious. The recipe is by Thy Than and you can find the cake recipe here on YouTube. Its slight bitterness goes well with the insanely chocolaty brownies that I also made (recipe down below). And, to round it off with something fruity and of course as an hommage to that singular orange, I made an orange Tiramisu (please don’t come for me; I do prefer fruit Tiramisu).
Now, in order for the whole “happy ending” aspect of this article, I’ve included my CHOCOLATE brownies recipe down below for you to try out yourselves! (Caps Lock is intended; they’re very very chocolaty).
CHOCOLATE Brownies
Preparation: 30 min
Baking: 25-30 min @ 180 °C
Ingredients:
200 g gluten-free flour mix (take whatever you have, it is a very forgiving recipe)
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp baking soda
225 g butter
300 g sugar
60 ml coffee
350 g dark chocolate
“1” vanilla thingy (you can use a package of vanilla sugar or, like I prefer, about 1/4 tbsp of vanilla paste.)
4 eggs
150 g walnuts
Preparation:
1. Preheat your oven to 180 °C.
2. Mix the flour, salt and the baking soda in a bowl.
3. Chop the chocolate into pieces. Put the butter in a big cooking pot. Add the sugar to the butter and then add the cut chocolate to the pot. Add the coffee and your preferred vanilla thingy.
4. Melt everything together at about medium heat and under constant stirring.
5. Let the mixture cool down for about 3 min and mix in the 4 eggs. Add the dry ingredients. Then cut the walnuts in big-ish but not too big-ish chunks and add them to your mixture.
6. Prepare a baking tray or your preferred brownie mould by buttering it up quite thoroughly.
7. Put your brownie dough on your tray, spread it evenly and then put it in the oven for about 25-30 min @ 180 °C. The brownies are supposed to be rather moist when you take them out. So don’t worry, that’s intentional.
8. Enjoy!