Chocolate Brownies for Valentine's Day

Ingredients:

Cupcake

• 2 cups premium flour
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 250 g butter
• 4 heaping tablespoons of cocoa powder

Glaze

• 200 g butter
• 4 tbsp. a little cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons of milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 450 g of powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 170°C.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt; set aside. In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, and eggs; set aside.
3. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and cocoa powder, add 1 cup of water, and bring to a boil. Dissolve the cocoa powder in the flour and stir for a minute to cool the mixture. Then whisk in the eggs.
   
   Mix until smooth and pour onto a baking sheet.
4. Bake the cake for 20 minutes.
5. Make the icingMelt the butter and cocoa in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir until smooth, adding the pecans.
6. Get busy decorating the pie: spread the glaze over the entire surface, decorate with caramel hearts.
   
   Cut into squares and bring to the table.
   
   Note
   
   This cake can be baked as cupcakes: simply fill the pan with batter until the baked cupcakes are below the pan's level. Top the remaining amount with frosting.