Chocolate Mocha Brownies!

Note: I have to make this recipe nut free, so I have included different options in the ingredients list...

Ingredients
110g dairy-free margarine

150g dairy-free dark chocolate

1 teaspoon instant coffee

1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla extract

100g ground almonds or ground rice

30g mixed chopped nuts or dark dairy-free chocolate chips

175g golden caster sugar

4 eggs, separated

icing sugar, for dusting

What to do
Preheat your oven to 180 C / 350 F / Gas Mark 4.  Lightly grease a 20cm square tin.

Place a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, break up the chocolate in to pieces and place into the bowl with the dairy-free margarine. 

Stir gently until melted.  Take off the heat and leave to cool slightly.

Add the coffee, almond extract (or vanilla extract), ground almonds (or ground rice), sugar, and chopped nuts (or chocolate chips), and mix well.

Lightly beat the egg yolks and then stir into the chocolate mixture very well.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then gently fold spoonfuls into the chocolate mixture until evenly mixed.

Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 35 minutes until risen and firm to the touch.  The centre should be gooey.

Leave to cool completely in the tin, then cut in to pieces and dust with icing sugar if desired.