chocolate up and over pudding
I blogged about this pudding/dessert years ago but I made it again recently and mentioned it to a friend who wanted the recipe, so here it is again. It doesn’t look fantastic in this photo but taste-wise it’s a winner.
This is a great recipe for those times when the whole family is asking – What’s for pudding? and you haven’t had time to think about it. All of the ingredients are what I would call ‘store cupboard essentials’, nothing fancy, but everybody loves it.
Chocolate Pudding
75g/3oz self-raising flour
1 rounded tablespoon of cocoa powder
125g/4oz soft margarine
125g/4oz granulated sugar
2 eggs
Topping and sauce
1 rounded tablespoon cocoa powder
125g/4oz demerara sugar
300 ml/ 1/2 pint hot, strong black coffee. Instant is fine – use 3 teaspoons added to the water.
Grease an oven proof dish of 2 pint capacity.
Put all of the pudding ingredients into a mixing bowl at the same time and with a wooden spoon or electric mixer, beat until smooth.
Tip the mixture into your greased dish and smooth flat.
Sprinkle 50g/2oz demerara sugar over the top.
Add the remaining 50g/2oz demerara sugar to the hot coffee and stir well. Carefully pour the coffee over the pudding mixture.
Bake at gas mark 4, 350 F, 180 C for about 50 minutes or an hour.
As if by magic the sponge rises over the coffee mixture during the cooking and a sauce is formed underneath.
It’s lovely served hot with ice-cream or cream.
It should serve 4 people.
I am definitely making this! Choc. and coffee, Paul will love it!
Peggy Ann,
He will love it and there’s not too much faffing about involved.
Sounds delicious – and easy!
Anbolyn,
Yes, you should give it a go when you have some cousins around!
I think it most certainly looks fantastic! I’ve made a similar recipe with chocolate sauce but not with coffee, which sounds delicious – I’m going to make this!
Margaret,
I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for the recipe. It sounds and looks delicious. Can’t go wrong with chocolate!
Joan,
Yes I think everybody loves chocolate, especially in the winter!
Yum! Just finishing up the last of my eggnog custard pie – this looks like a nice chocolat-y follow up!
Pearl,
Eggnog custard pie is new to me, it sounds festive though.
I have a similar recipe for a lemon pudding that rises out of the sauce! It’s to die for. I also have one for chocolate pudding but as I’m not a lover of coffee I can’t see me trying yours! Sorry!
Evee,
If anything I love lemon even more than chocolate – so I’m putting in a request, please put your recipe on Evee’s Blog!