Dessert Recipes - Baked Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• oil, for greasing

• 100g/1 cup self-raising flour

• 5ml/1 tsp baking powder

• 30ml/2 tbsp cocoa powder

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 100g/1/2 cup soft tub margarine

• 10g/1/2 cup light brown sugar

• 2 eggs

• 30ml/2 tbsp hot water

• chocolate powder, for dusting

• dark rum sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Oil an 18cm/7 in deep round cake tin and line the base with greased greaseproof paper.

2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cocoa and cinnamon. Beat together the margarine and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.

3. Fold in the sifted mixture and add the hot water to form a soft, dropping consistency. Spoon into the tin and level the surface.

4. Bake in a preheated oven at 160C/325F/gas mark 3 for about 25-30 minutes until firm to the touch.

5. Turn out of the cake tin remove the paper, dust with drinking chocolate powder and serve with dark Rum sauce.