Brownies Chocolate Cake

150 g all-purpose flour
330 g sugar
4 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
170 g butter
3 fl oz boiling water
3 eggs
120 g chocolate chips (40-50% cocoa)
150 g chopped walnuts or pecan nuts

Frosting
75 g butter
220 g sweet or semisweet dark chocolate
2 tbs light corn syrup
2 tbs hot espresso or very strong coffee

Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C). Line a 13 x 9 in (33 x 23 cm) cake tin with grease proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.

Melt the butter in a saucepan. In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract. Add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth. Add chocolate chips and nuts.

Bake at 350 degrees F until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 20-30 minutes.

Cool the cake. Glace with the chocolate frosting. For the frosting, mix butter, chopped chocolate, syrup and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted. Stir until smooth and spread over the cake.