*Santa Claus Brownies*

    Hello everybody! In this post I would like to show you how to make this delicious, delicious brownies looking like a Santa Claus. I think there would be no problem if you did this in the middle of the summer, but because of this Christmasy time, it's absolutely appropriate to show you how to bake this goodies. :) So let's get started!

 Ingredients for the brownies:
*100g plain flour
*140g unsalted butter
*100g dark chocolate
*20g cocoa powder
*3 eggs
*1 whole vanilla sugar
*110g caster sugar
*1 teaspoon of baking powder
*1/2 teaspoon of salt

 Ingredients for the cream:
*1 whole vanilla sugar
*1 cream for cooking
+ strawberries for the hats. You can buy them but if you have some frozen from your garden, you should use those, as I did. :)

Oven: Preheat the oven on 175°C

    1st step
Melt the butter and chocolate over the boiling water and after it's properly melted, let it cool down.

    2nd Step
Put the eggs and sugar in a freestanding electric mixer and beat until pale and well combined.

    3rd Step
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, vanilla sugar and salt.

    4th Step
Beat all the three mixtures gradually together and mix until well incorporated.

    5th Step
Now fill the baking tin or a bowl for cooking with the mixture. Make sure the layer of the mixture is not too thin in the bowl, because than it would burn and wouldn't be tasty at all!! Put it right in the oven for about 25 minutes.

    6th Step
When the brownie itself is baked,  it's time to use some tiny glass so you can make circles with it.

I recommend eat these unused pieces of brownies with cream you make.

    7th Step
When the circles are ready, it's time to make a cream. Put the cream for cooking with a vanilla sugar in a freestanding electric mixer and beat until pale and well combined.

    8th Step
Now it's time to cover the brownies circles with the cream.

    9th Step
You can either cut or just use whole strawberries as the Santa Claus hat and put on the brownies. Don't forget the cream dot on the top of the hat. :)

The End