Lisa Faulkner's saucy chocolate pudding
Even if you're not planning to get down on one knee this Leap Year, find the way to your loved one's heart with Lisa Faulkner's decadent chocolate pudding.
Ingredients
125 g (4 ½ oz) Plain FlourPinch of Salt60 g (2 ½ oz) caster sugar2 teaspoons baking powder2 tablespoons cocoa powder120ml (4 fl oz) milk40 g (1 ½ oz) butter, melted1 egg1-2 drops of vanilla extract
Topping
180 g (6 oz) muscovado sugar2 tablespoons cocoa powder250 ml (9 fl oz) boiling water
Pudding Basin: I used a Mason and Cash 24’s (20cm) pudding basin (grease and coat the pudding basin with cocoa and cut a disc from greaseproof paper and sit it inside the basin.)
Method
Sift the flour, salt, caster sugar, baking powder and cocoa powder into a bowl
Combine the milk, butter, egg and vanilla extract in another bowl, then mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
Pour the mixture into a 1 litre (2 pint) pie dish. Cover with cling film and put in the fridge overnight to set
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) , gas mark 4. Sprinkle the sugar and cocoa powder over the pudding and pour the boiling water over the top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes until the pudding is puffy and firm in the centre
Remove from the oven and serve with crème fraiche or ice cream