Chocolate coffee meringue brownies
American 15 Mins Prep · 25 Mins Cook
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Grease a 20-cm square cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
- To make the brownies, melt the butter and bring to a simmer. Pour the butter over the chopped chocolate in a large bowl and stir until smooth. Mix in the sugar, then leave to cool for a few minutes. Beat in the eggs, then sift in the flour, cocoa and coffee powder and fold in until the mixture is smooth and glossy.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and level the top.
- For the meringue, in a large, clean and dry bowl, whisk the 4 egg whites to stiff peaks, adding the caster sugar a little at a time. Add the vanilla extract. Sift the cornflour, coffee and cocoa powder together, then fold into the meringue until even and glossy.
- Spread the meringue over the brownie batter.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the brownies inside for a further 5 minutes before removing. Serve warm.
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