Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding
This self saucing chocolate pudding creates its own delicious sauce as it bakes. It's so delicious and perfect with a scoop of ice cream when serving.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
For the pudding:
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 150 g caster sugar
- 50 g cocoa powder
- Pinch of salt
- 3 large eggs
- 100 g butter melted, plus extra for greasing
- 150 ml full-fat milk
For the chocolate sauce:
- 300 ml boiling water
- 200 g soft light brown sugar
- 25 g cocoa powder
To serve (optional):
- Vanilla ice cream
- Double cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C Fan and lightly butter a 1.25-1.5 L oven-proof dish.
- In a large mixing bowl, gently whisk together the flour, baking powder, caster sugar, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, melted butter and milk. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix together to form a smooth batter.
- Pour into the prepared baking dish and smooth over the top. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, for the sauce: mix together the boiling water, sugar and cocoa powder in a large jug until the sugar has dissolved. Carefully pour over the pudding batter - it will look a bit odd at this point but don’t worry, it is normal!
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the surface looks firm, risen and crisp - the exact time will depend on the size and shape of your dish. Remove from the oven and leave to stand for 1-2 minutes to settle.
- Spoon into bowls, revealing the rich chocolate sauce hidden underneath the sponge (make sure you spoon plenty of this onto each portion). Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and/or cream, if desired.
Notes
If you want to make these individual servings, you can divide the batter and sauce between individual oven-proof dishes (make sure there is enough room at the top for the batter to rise), but remember to reduce the baking time accordingly. Start with 10-15 minutes and see.
Your dish should ideally hold 1.5L. If you don't know how to measure this, fill a measuring jug with 1.5L of water and pour into the empty dish and see how much liquid sits in it.