Clare and Bill’s Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding

One of my new pleasures in life is swapping tried and tested recipes with girlfriends…

This is my friend Clare’s version of a Bill Granger recipe.

Clare is the quintesential wife and lady – minus the pathetic connotations which sometimes are associated with both of those labels! Clare is the girl you can always count on to give good food advice, and is always baking new and yummy things! I’m sure we’ll have the pleasure of seeing a lot of Clare’s culinary adventures on Eat Your Heart Out… I’m keen to share her beautiful hot crossed buns we enjoyed this year!

Back to Bill and Clare.

Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding

Ingredients

Pudding

125g plain flour

• 1 pinch salt
• 120g caster sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 250mL milk
• 85g unsalted butter, melted
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• double cream or creme fraiche to serve

Topping

• 185g soft brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 250mL boiling water

Method

Pudding

• Preheat oven to 180’C or 350’F
• Sift the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and cocoa powder into a bowl
• Add the milk, butter, egg and vanilla extract and mix with beaters until combined
• Pour into four 250mL (1 cup) greased pudding moulds

Topping

• Stir the brown sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl to combine, then sprinkle it over the pudding batter
• Pour boiling water carefully over the puddings, then bake for 20-25 minutes
• Serve with thick cream

Stay tuned for my attempt at this beauty!