Self-saucing Chocolate Pudding

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 ounces self raising flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 ounces butter or 4 ounces margarine
• 4 ounces caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk
• 2/3 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 1/2 cups water (hot)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 grease 6 cup oven-proof dish.
• 3 for the sauce mix together cocoa and brown sugar in a jug and pour in hot water and stir till sugar is dissolved.
• 4 for the pudding sift flour, cocoa, instant coffee powder and salt together.
• 5 cream butter and sugar until light, gradually beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 6 add a little flour, then some milk (alternate between the two keeping a soft consistency) finishing with the flour (don't worry if you don't use up all the milk.
• 7 spoon mixture into well greased oven dish and spread evenly. if using sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of chopped walnuts.
• 8 spoon sauce over the pudding mixture till you have a layer of sauce then pour the rest over the back of the spoon.
• 9 bake for 35-40 minutes.
• 10 serve with whipped cream and or ice cream and walnut halves if using.