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If you’re a baking nerd, understanding the basic principles of how brownies work might be a help. Don’t tell them this, but at their gooey heart, brownies and blondies are failed cakes. Baked goods are a careful balance of ingredients that give structure (such as flour and eggs) and tenderisers (like fat and sugar), which keep the bake soft. Brownies have a much higher ratio of sugar and butter to flour than, say, a Victoria sponge cake, which stops them rising in the same way; they cook in a sort of collapsed, but delicious, mess.
Let’s take a look at the key stages in brownie-making
Most brownie and many blondie recipes begin with melting butter and