Rainbow emoji brownies
<p>Tech-obsessed little ones (and not-so-little ones) will love these rainbow emoji-inspired brownies. It doesn’t hurt that they’re absolutely delicious, either!</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>300g dark chocolate chips</li>
<li>150g unsalted butter, softened</li>
<li>2 tsp ground coffee</li>
<li>325g caster (granulated) sugar</li>
<li>125g plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted</li>
<li>3 eggs, beaten</li>
<li>Cocoa powder for dusting</li>
<li>200g unsalted butter, softened</li>
<li>450g icing (confectioner’s) sugar, sifted</li>
<li>3–4 tbsp. milk</li>
<li>¼ tsp. vanilla extract</li>
<li>Selection of small candies and confectionery, such as Nerds, Skittles, and TicTacs, in the colours of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method:</span></strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Prepare one 20cm square tin by greasing it with butter and dusting the insides with cocoa powder.</li>
<li>Preheat the oven to 160°C/gas mark 3.</li>
<li>Melt 250g of the chocolate chips together with the butter in a microwave or over a saucepan of simmering water.</li>
<li>Stir the ground coffee into the melted chocolate mixture (this makes the chocolate flavour more intense).</li>
<li>Add the sugar and stir thoroughly.</li>
<li>Add the flour and stir until incorporated. Although this does not seem like much flour, it is the ratio of ingredients that gives the brownie a gooey texture.</li>
<li>Stir in the beaten eggs.</li>
<li>Finally, fold in the remaining chocolate chips.</li>
<li>Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes.</li>
<li>Leave to cool completely and then turn out of the tin.</li>
<li>Once the brownie is completely cool, remove from the tin. Using a large sharp knife, trim the brownie into a perfect square.</li>
<li>For the buttercream, using an electric mixer, beat the butter for 2–3 minutes or until it is pale and fluffy.</li>
<li>Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add half of the icing sugar and mix again, starting slowly and building up the speed, for 2–3 minutes.</li>
<li>Add the remaining icing sugar and mix again for another 2–3 minutes.</li>
<li>Add the milk and mix again for another 2–3 minutes.</li>
<li>Add the melted but not hot chocolate and mix again, starting slowly and building up the speed, until the chocolate is fully incorporated and the buttercream is smooth, light, and fluffy.</li>
<li>Coat the brownie with a thin layer of buttercream. Chill the cake for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.</li>
<li>Place three rows of white candies around the outside edge of the cake top to create a square border. Starting with the green candies, place them in an arch from the bottom left corner to the top right corner.</li>
<li>Repeat with the other colour candies, to complete the rainbow. Once the rainbow is in place, fill the remaining gaps with blue candies.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>NOTE: </strong> Use medium-size eggs and, where possible, free range. All oven temperatures vary slightly, so you may need to adjust the baking times by a few minutes more or a few minutes less.</p>
<p><em><img width="194" height="194" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/29061/cakemoji-cover_194x194.jpg" alt="Cakemoji Cover (1)" style="float: right;"/>This is an edited extract from </em>Cakemoji<em> published by Quadrille RRP $19.99 available in stores nationally.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Related links:</strong></p>
<p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/08/best-brownie-recipe/"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The perfect brownie recipe</strong></span></em></a></p>
<p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/06/chocolate-raspberry-brownies/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chocolate raspberry brownies</span></em></strong></a></p>
<p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/03/gluten-free-chocolate-brownies/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Gluten-free double chocolate brownies</em></span></strong></a></p>
