Friday, March 9, 2007

English Style Chocolate Pudding.

This is Gay's recipe, c'est si bon. It's more of a cakey pudding than a creamy pudding, the centre is liquidy, almost like a lava cake.

step one
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa

step two
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons melted butter

step three
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa

step four
2 cups boiling water

Combine step one ingredients in a oven safe vessel, I use a two litre pot.
Combine step two ingredients and add to step one mixture, combine and use a spatula to clean sides of pot.
Combine step three ingredients and sprinkle on top of mixture in pot. The gently and slowly pour the boiling water over the pudding, try to avoid letting the water make a hole in it. Bake in a 350 oven for 40-45 minutes. It will more than double in size so make sure your pot is tall enough, and oven safe!

This is a very good pudding. It is important to use boiling water or you will have a really runny pudding. I check it frequently to see if it's done, it will look solid on the outside and wobbly in the centre.

Variations.
I made this into a mock upside down pineapple cake, I made the pudding substituting 1 teaspoon vanilla for cocoa in step one, and omitted cocoa in step three. I also placed rings of pineapple onto the pudding at the end of step two. All in all it was good, although not as flavourful as the chocolate variety.

2 comments:

Gabrielle said...

I feel loved and sooooo special, you have used 2 of my recipes in your new blog. Love you Deadra….:)

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