Eleanor's Chocolate Brownies

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Ingredients

20 g	cocoa
125 g	margarine or butter
120 ml	vegetable oil
240 ml	water
180 g	cake flour
380 g	sugar
1 pinch(es)	salt
2	eggs, beaten
150 ml	buttermilk
1 tsp	bicarb
1 tsp	vanilla essence
2 tbsp	cocoa
3 tbsp	buttermilk
3 tbsp	margarine or butter
1 tsp	vanilla essence
70 g	icing sugar, sifted

Method

Preparation time: ca. 20 min Resting time: ca. 3 hrs / Grade of difficulty: easy / Calories per portion: n/a

Boil together cocoa, margarine or butter and vegetable oil in 240 ml water, stir while boiling.

Preheat your oven to 200 °C.

Beat flour, sugar and salt into the boiled, slightly cooled mixture. Shake eggs, buttermilk, bicarb and vanilla essence well in a Quick shake (or beat with a whisk) and add to the mixture. Mix well. Bake in roasting pan at 200 °C for 15 minutes.

Making the icing:

Boil together cocoa, buttermilk, margarine and vanilla. Slowly add 70 g sifted icing sugar.

Pour over while cake is still hot. Cut into squares when cool. Decorate with cherries and almonds.

Feel free to reduce the sugar a little if it is too sweet.