Oooey Gooey Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding

JustJanS's Note:

A reasonably low fat way to get that chocolate fix on a cold winter's night (especially if you serve with a low fat ice cream).

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 30 g butter, melted

Sauce

• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups hot water

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius Grease an ovenproof dish around 2 litres.
2. Sift flour, sugar and cocoa into a large mixing bowl.
3. Add combined milk butter and vanilla essence and stir until smooth. Pour mixture into baking dish.
4. Sift combined brown sugar and extra cocoa evenly over the top of the pudding mix.
5. Gently pour the water over the pudding, using a spoon to break the flow.
6. Transfer to oven and bake for approx 50mins.
7. Serve hot from the oven, dusted with icing sugar, ice cream and or cream.

Reviews

[Sara 76]

YUM! This is so delicious, my whole family loved it - especially my hubby & my 7 year old (the chocoholics of the family!). It is bitterly cold here at the moment, and this made the perfect warming comfort food for dessert tonight! It was simple and cheap (I already had ALL of the ingredients in my pantry), and a definate winner. I divided the mixture between 6 individual ceramic pots, and cooked them for around 20 minutes. Another amazing recipe, thanks Jan! [Made for Aus/NZ Recipe Swap]

[sofie-a-toast]

I'm sorry but this just didn't turn out for me. I'm not quite sure what went wrong - followed it exactly. The pudding/cake look nothing like the ones in the pictures, it was a flat, dense sheet and the whole thing was a bit watery still. The chocolate taste was definitely there though and it looked beautiful! I'm gonna try this one again, I just know it has promise!

[Mikekey]

This brought back memories! I first made a version of this from an old Betty Crocker cookbook back in the late 1950's, when I was a kid. Loved it then and love it now. Thanks for posting this. It will be made often from now on, especially when we want a quick chocolate fix, because we always have the ingredients on hand.