Spooky Gravestone Brownies

With a ‘secret’ ingredient of blood red beetroot these spooktacular chocolate creations make a terribly tasty Halloween treat – and are practically one of your five a day!

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Posted 20 October 2020
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Prep: 1 hour (including cooking) Cook: 30 minutes
Difficulty level
easy
Number of servings
Serves:
9

Ingredients

For the brownies

  • 140g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 70g plain flour
  • 5g baking powder
  • 65g cocoa powder
  • 5ml vanilla essence
  • 100g raw beetroot
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 50ml silver food spray

Method

Preparation

  1. Line the bottom of an applicable baking tin with parchment paper
  2. Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy
  3. Whisk your eggs and then slowly add them along with vanilla essence making sure the mixture doesn't split
  4. Sieve the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and fold into the mixture
  5. Peel and grate the beetroot and add to the mixture folding gently
  6. Spread the mixture into your lined tin
  7. Bake at 180c for approx. 25-35 minutes
  8. Cool and chill to fridge temperature, then portion into 9 equal rectangles to resemble gravestones
  9. Spray with the silver food spray and allow to dry
  10. Make up the icing sugar with just enough water to enable piping then to write R.I.P on each spooky gravestone or create your own design - go batty with cats, pumpkins or skeletons!

A recipe for a happy retirement

With their glossy contemporary kitchens, our retirement apartments and retirement bungalows are perfectly designed for your to cook up a storm. And, if you live in a Retirement Living PLUS property and fancy a hearty meal without the faff, you can pop to the subsidised, stylish and sociable restaurant/bistro when you want to, too.

Learn more about our lovely retirement homes near you, call our friendly team on 0800 201 4811 or contact us online for more information.

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