Paul A Young's butterscotch bramble brownie cake – YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Paul A Young’ s butterscotch bramble brownie cake By You Magazine - October 4, 2020 Autumn is my favourite time of year for baking heart-warming, comforting cakes. Seasonal berries, orchard and stone fruits are in abundance and made to be muddled together with rich moist chocolate. This is a soft, fudgy-centred cake made with 72 per cent Venezuelan chocolate, but you can use your favourite variety. Note that this cake drops slightly in the middle, so don’t worry. It can be served warm but is best at room temperature. Nassima Rothacker SERVES 8 FOR THE CAKE BATTER 100g unsalted butter 175g light muscovado sugar ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper ½ tsp Maldon sea salt 50g golden syrup 165g 72 per cent Venezuelan chocolate, roughly broken 3 medium free-range eggs 50g plain flour 100g brambles or blackberries FOR THE BRAMBLE BUTTERSCOTCH 100g butter 100g light muscovado sugar ½ tsp Maldon sea salt 100ml double cream 200g brambles or blackberries 100g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces TO MAKE THE BROWNIE CAKE 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 20cm cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment around the sides and a single disc on the base. 2. In a saucepan melt the butter, sugar, black pepper, salt and golden syrup until smooth and bubbling. Add the chocolate off the heat and stir well until fully melted. 3. Whisk the eggs and strain through a sieve on to the chocolate batter. Mix well until fully incorporated. Now add the flour in one go, mixing very well until fully incorporated. 4. Pour all the batter into the tin, then scatter the brambles across the top of the cake. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes until the cake has set but is still moist in the centre. It will look slightly underdone but the residual heat will set the chocolate and make the brownie cake very moist. 5. Allow to cool thoroughly, remove from the tin and place on your cake stand. TO MAKE THE BUTTERSCOTCH BRAMBLE 1. In a medium saucepan melt the butter, sugar and salt together and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Take off the heat and add the double cream, standing back as it can splutter. Whisk in well. 2. Now add the brambles, stirring well so they begin to burst and colour the caramel an intense purple, and finally stir in the chocolate until melted. Spoon over the cake so it spills down the sides and pile the brambles on the top. 3. This keeps well in an airtight container for 1 week in the fridge. Buy the book and help a great cause This recipe is from A Taste of Home: 120 Delicious Recipes from Leading Chefs and Celebrities compiled by Kyle Cathie, price £25, to be published on 15 October by The Passage Trading Services Ltd. YOU readers can buy copies from Waterstones, where at least £20 from each sale will go straight to The Passage. For more details, go to waterstones.com. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved