Ingredients
For the Nutella Brownies:
- 1 cup Nutella
- 2 eggs
- 10 tbsp plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp instant coffee, finely ground
For the Strawberry Buttercream:
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup freeze dried strawberries
- 2 1/2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Make the brownies:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease and line an 8 x 8 inch pan with baking paper.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the Nutella and eggs. Add the salt and coffee.
- Mix in the flour until it is just incorporated, then stir through the white chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread it out evenly.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, until the center is just set and the edges begin to crack.
Make the buttercream:
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment, whip butter on medium-high speed until very pale and fluffy 6 – 8 minutes, frequently scraping down sides and bottom of bowl.
- Meanwhile, pulverize freeze dried strawberries in a food processor until finely ground (wait about 10 second before opening food processor allowing the powder in the air to settle a bit. There should be about 3 1/2 tablespoons of strawberry powder).
- Transfer strawberry powder to whipped butter and blend mixture until combine.
- Stir in heavy cream followed by powdered sugar and whip mixture 4 – 5 minutes longer on medium-high speed, until very pale and fluffy, frequently scraping down sides and bottom of bowl.
- Frost cooled brownies.