Chocolate brownies - Home economics

Today in home economics we baked the brownies that we had chosen to make for practical. We were in a group of 3 and then there was another person that was doing brownies as well so we went into a group of 4. This was easy but there were some problems. Here are the problems in our baking:

- The baking paper wasn't levelled

- The consistency of the mixture was too liquidy

- Didn't use the right sized eggs and tray

Recipe

Ingredients:

• 125g butter
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

Method:

1.  Melt the butter in a medium-sized pot
2. Remove from the heat when liquid
3. Add the cocoa, sugar, eggs, salt and vanilla and mix thoroughly
4. Sift in the flour and baking powder. Stir until all are combined.
5. Pour the mixture into a 20-23cm square tin lined with baking paper
6. Bake at 180c for about 39min until firm in the centre (Don't worry if the brownie mixture is higher at the edges than the middle. Whatever it's height, it will test fine)
7. When cold, cut into rectangles and remove from tin
8. Serve as a slice with tea or coffee, or at the sid of a plate of stewed fruit or ice cream for dessert

Sensory evaluation:

When we first pulled the brownies out of the oven the inside was cooked but when we grabbed it out of the tin it was sticky and gooey. The look of the brownies from the bottom was not very good cause once we flipped it over there was an uncooked patch,  but the top of the brownies looked like it was cooked well. The taste of the brownies was actually nice, it was soft and spongy.

Conclusion: 

I had arrived late to class cause I had kapa haka, but once I got to class my group had already started and was almost done on time. We worked really well and had most of the things done. Then once we had the brownies in the oven we had started cleaning automatically, then once the brownies were done we just had to put them in our containers and wash the rack. So, in conclusion, my work really well and the brownies turned out well.

Here are the photos: