Hit me with you fail proof self saucing chocolate pudding

[lisaandshaun]

This has never failed for me, despite years of various different unpredictable ovens, different shaped cooking vessels, etc.

SELF-SAUCING CHOCOLATE PUDDING from Aunty Jackie

Pudding:
1 C SR flour
¾ C sugar
1 Tbs cocoa
or 2 Tbs chocolate Quik
50g butter
½ C milk
1 tsp vanilla essence

Sauce:
¾ C brown sugar
1 Tbs cocoa / choc Quik
2 C hot water

Heat butter and milk gently, add vanilla and stir into dry ingredients. Pour into a deep oven-proof dish. Sprinkle on brown sugar and cocoa, and pour hot water over gently. Cook in a moderate oven (180 degrees C) 40 – 45 minutes.

Pour the water over the back of a spoon and make sure the spoon is almost touching the surface of the pudding, that way you won’t drill a hole in it. The pudding starts of with liquid on top and finishes with chocolate sauce underneath.

Is there no egg is this?

[~me~]

Recipe from Cookery The Australian Way

• 1 cup SR flour
• 2 TSP cocoa
• 1/4 Cup butter
• 1/1 Cup Caster Sugar
• 1 Egg Beaten
• 1/1 cup walnuts chopped (I don't add these as my DH doesn't like nuts)
• 1/2 Cup milk

Sauce

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tblsp cocoa
• 1 1/4 cups boiling water

1. Set oven at 175deg
2. Sift flour and 2 tsp cocoa
3. cream butter and caster sugar, Add egg and walnuts, mix well.
4. Stir in flour and milk alternatively. Pour into pie dish.
5. Make sauce: combine brown sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle on top of mixture in dish, and pour boiling water gently over this.
6. Bake at 175deg for 40-45mns
7. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve with custard sauce or cream.

Enjoy, delicious and hasn't failed me yet. Add a little more boiling water to make it saucier.

[lady_neon]

DH has an old family recipe that is simple yet oh so good. I don't have time to dig it out right now, will post later.

[Pholi]

No, there's no egg in it.

I just double checked that against the paper copy of the recipe I use to make it every time, and confirmed that.

Weirdly, it has never occurred to me that it is unusual not to have an egg.

[~Raven~]

If you can get a copy of the Women's Weekly Old Fashioned Favourites cook book, it has a fantastic self saucing pudding recipe

[lisaandshaun]

Just made the first choc pub recipe. Yummy thanks.

[chody47]

Subbing - I'm up expressing for DD2 and you wouldn't believe how much I now want choc pudding..... Pity it's 2:30am...