How to make Chocolate Fudge Pudding

This is possibly the best chocolate pudding I’ve ever had and it’s really easy to make at home. Amazingly easy in fact, although at one point you’ll think surely not (step 5), but go with it!
Let me know what you think…!

Ingredients

  • 175g/6oz self-raising flour
  • 135g/4½ oz caster sugar
  • 50g/2oz cocoa powder
  • 50g/2oz butter, melted
  • 125ml/4fl oz milk
  • 175g/6oz soft brown sugar
  • 415ml/14fl oz hot water

Method

  1. Mix together the flour, caster sugar and half the cocoa.
  2. Pour the melted butter into the milk, then blend with the dry ingredients.
  3. Pour/place the mixture into a greased and lined 22.5cm/9in square tin.
  4. Mix the remaining cocoa into the brown sugar and sprinkle over the top.
  5. Pour over the hot water and bake in the oven at 190C/375F/Gas 5, for 35 minutes.
  6. While still hot, cut into squares, invert each on to a serving dish and spoon over the sauce left in the tin.
  7. Add a dollop of ice cream and maybe sprinkle with chopped nuts.
  8. Sit back enjoy, and hide the rest from the rest of the family!
You can also add a few drops of peppermint or orange essence to the mixture to shake it up a bit too.
Tried it? Let me know what you think in the comments.