Dessert Recipes - Built-in Chocolate Sauce Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

• 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup cocoa (unsweetened chocolate) powder

• 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup light brown sugar

• 150 ml/2/3 cup milk

• 10 ml/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup unsalted (sweet) butter, melted, plus extra for greasing

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups very hot water Crème fraiche, to serve

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and half the cocoa powder into a bowl. Add 150 g/5 oz of the sugar, the milk, vanilla essence and melted butter and mix well.

2. Turn into a buttered 1.5 liter/6 cup ovenproof dish. Blend the remaining cocoa powder with the remaining sugar and sprinkle over.

3. Pour over the very hot water and bake in a preheated oven at 190C/375F/gas mark 5 for about 40 minutes or until firm to the touch and the mixture has formed a sauce underneath. Serve with crème fraiche.