hazelnut and cherry brownies

i can’t remember which brownie recipe i used for this but the most interesting thing, which can be applied to any brownie recipe, was adding a large slug of cherry brandy into the mix (plus a little extra flour so the mixture wasn’t too wet) which added a lovely fruity undertone to the brownies. i’ve done something similar with baileys but preferred the flavour that my welsh cherry liqueur gave.

nigel’s top ten – chocolate chip hazelnut cake with chocolate butter cream

 

this is the only sweet recipe in nigel slater’s top 10 and i was excited to try it after opera tavern’s fantastic warm hazelnut cake with lemon thyme ice cream. i was also expecting good things as two of the cakes i make most often – variations on his damp plum cake and the lemon and rosewater-frosted orange and pistachio cake - are nigel slater recipes.

so, how did i get on?

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