Dessert Recipes - Sinful Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• 175 g/6 oz butter

• 150 g/5 oz/2/3 cup light brown sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• 3 eggs

• 45 ml/3 tbsp cocoa (unsweetened chocolate) powder

• 25 ml/1 1/2 tbsp potato flour

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising flour

• 75 g/3 oz/3/4 cup plain (semi-sweet) chocolate, coarsely grated

• Chocolate Custard, to serve

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Method:

1. Grease a 1.25 liter/5 1/2 cup pudding basin with a little of the butter.

2. Beat the remaining butter with the sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition.

3. Sift the cocoa, potato flour and self-raising flour over the surface and fold in with a metal spoon. Fold in the chocolate. Turn into the prepared basin.

4. Cover with a double thickness of greased foil or greaseproof (waxed) paper and steam for 1 1/2 hours. Turn out and serve with Chocolate Custard.