Episode Two: Brownie Cake Wookie

"It's our time, kia ora, talofa, it's our time, a special time of day..." are the famous first lines that Suzy Cato sung out from the television screen welcoming children watching the NZ programme "You and me".
And thanks to Suzy it was also our time to bake a brownie like cake courtesy of her contribution to the "Cooking for Change" cookbook.

With a sister-in-law who was egg, diary and gluten intolerant, the brownie recipe that Suzy offered up was all of these things. However daughter and I used regular flour when we baked it.
The recipe calls for 1 1/2 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1/4 c cocoa ,1 teaspoon baking soda and salt, 1/2 c oil, 1 teaspoon white vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and icing sugar to dust. It was pretty easy with two bowls needed - one for dry ingredients and one for the wet. Mix them all together and pour into a greased cake tin and bake in a 180 degree Celsius oven for about 25 minutes.

Like a wookie, the end result was a big brown softie. Not too sweet though and you certainly have to be careful of not over indulging.

"Cya cya later" and happy chewing.