Self-saucing Chocolate Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons good cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 ounce melted butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups hot water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease an eight-cup capacity ovenproof dish, not too shallow.
• 3 sift the flour, castor sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl.
• 4 combine the milk, essence and melted butter, add this and stir until smooth and combined.
• 5 pour this mix into your prepared dish.
• 6 combine the brown sugar and the rest of the cocoa powder; sift that evenly over the top.
• 7 carefully, with love and a bit of patience, pour the hot water over the pudding mix.
• 8 bake for approx 40- 50 minutes, or until the pudding feels firm to the touch.
• 9 if you want serve it dusted with icing/confectioners sugar.