Sour cherry chocolate brownies drizzled with sour cherry sauce and decorated with cherry flowers.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of ground flax seed
5 tablespoons of sour cherry juice (from the sour cherry compote)
320 ml of rice milk
2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar
6 tablespoons of canola oil
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
240 g of all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
60 g of raw cocoa powder
80 g of coconut sugar
½ a teaspoon of sea salt
250 g of pitted sour cherries (out of a compote)
50 g of chocolate shavings
2 dl of sour cherry compote juice
Preparation:
Soak ground flax seeds in sour cherry juice. Let it sit for a few minutes.
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl, using a sieve to sift the flour with baking soda and cocoa powder. Add sugar and salt and mix it well.
Mix all the wet ingredients; flax eggs, rice milk, apple cider vinegar, canola oil and vanilla extract.
Start adding dry ingredients in it, spoon by spoon.
Mix it with an electric mixer or with a whisk until all combined, but don't overmix.
Pour the batter into the greased baking dish.
Add pitted sour cherries to it.
Add chocolate shavings on top.
Bake at 180°C for 25-30 minutes.
Pour 2 dl of sour cherry compote juice in a small saucepan and simmer it until it thickens up, about 15 minutes. Occasionally stir.
Let it cool down a bit before cutting. Drizzle with cherry sauce and decorate with cherry flowers.