Recipe: Super saucy chocolate pudding

Ingredients

Pudding
1 cup self-raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup milk
1 egg
1/3 cup butter, melted

Sauce
2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup boiling water
½ cup vanilla vodka

Method

For the pudding:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 1.5 litre baking dish.

2. Sift together the flour and cocoa powder. Stir in the sugar.

3. Combine the milk with the egg and melted butter and mix.

4. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until well combined.

5. Spoon the batter into the baking dish and smoothen out the top.

For the sauce:

1. Combine the cocoa powder with the sugar and sprinkle over the pudding.

2. Carefully pour boiling water over the back of a metal spoon to cover the pudding, then do the same with the vanilla vodka. Do not mix!

3. Bake 35-40 minutes or until the centre of the pudding bounces back when pressed gently.

4. Serve with ice cream and fresh berries.

Recipe supplied by Foodies of SA

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