Super-Easy Microwave Self-Saucing Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients

* 1 cup self raising flour

* 3/4 cup sugar

* 1/2 teaspoon salt

* 2 tablespoons cocoa

* 2 teaspoons melted butter

* 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

* 1/2 cup milk

Sauce

* 1/2 cup brown sugar

* 1 tablespoon cocoa

* 2 tablespoons coconut

* 1 1/2 cups boiling water

Directions

Sift flour, cocoa, salt and sugar into a bowl.

Stir in milk, melted butter and vanilla till just combined.

Spoon batter into a large (microwave-safe) ring container or casserole dish.

Combine brown sugar, cocoa and coconut and sprinkle it over the batter.

Pour hot water carefully over the batter and cover with a paper towel.

Cook on high for 5 minutes. (another paper towel underneath in case of boiling over)

Serve with icecream or whipped cream.

Will come out a black gooey mess with copious quantities of gelatinous sauce.... Let stand for a while, but eat it warm. Fine to reheat later.

I didn't have coconut, would have been nice with, was fine without.

Oh, I didn't have self-raising flour either.... used plain flour and a small teaspoon of baking soda! Worked perfectly.

I might add sultanas or similar next time. Mmm, chai syrup would be good too!

I was in dire need of some chocolate comfort food today. Seriously, afterwards I was beaming benevolently like a fat Buddha!

Yum, we used to make this recepie at home

although we never failed to have it boil over - best solution = clean the microwave plate first then you can eat all the gooey boiled over bits of the plate (plate is usually far too disgusting for considering eating off, although others might be cleaner).

mmmmm, yummy

So where does the sin come into it??? :lol:

Depends onn where you smear the sauce Caryl????

Stella you are a Chocolate Goddess

Great recipe

Nav

You bad boy :oops:

daughter has just made it and says its a messy goo but tastes really nice :oops:

I am not smearing HOT sauce on anything!! :lol:

How about warm sauce?

That's a totally different story

This is a very old recipe originally called 1/2 hour chocolate steam pudding (and it also is self-saucing) but I found it does very well in the microwave...

Chocolate Steam Pudding

1C flour

3/4C sugar

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

2Tbs cocoa

Mix the above ingredients together with enough milk to make a soft dough. (I do it in a medium Tupperware bowl so then I don't have to pour it into another to cook - less dishes)

Sauce - Mix in a jug;

2 tsp golden syrup

1/4C sugar

2oz (60g?) butter

1C boiling water

Pour the sauce mix over the dough then microwave on High 7 minutes.

ive been making that top recipe(without coconut tho) as long as i can remember i like to swap half the flour for wholemeal flour sometimes gives it a different texture