Sour Cherry Brownies

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:

1. Soak ground flax seeds in sour cherry juice. Let it sit for a few minutes.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. Pour the batter into the greased baking dish.
   
5. Add pitted sour cherries to it.
   
   Add chocolate shavings on top.
   
6. Bake at 180°C for 25-30 minutes.
   
7. Pour 2 dl of sour cherry compote juice in a small saucepan and simmer it until it thickens up, about 15 minutes. Occasionally stir.
8. Let it cool down a bit before cutting. Drizzle with cherry sauce and decorate with cherry flowers.