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.