Self saucing choc pudding - Real Recipes from Mums

This self saucing chocolate pudding is an easy go to recipe for dinner parties or nights in.

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Ingredients (makes 1 dish or 6 ramekins)

1 Cup Self raising flour
4 Tbsp Cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
80gm butter (melted and cooled)
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 1/4 Cups boiling water

Method

Heat your oven to 180 degrees. Grease an oven tray or ramekins with butter. Sift the self-raising flour and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder in a bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
Lightly beat the egg. Combine the egg with the milk and the butter. Slowly add this to the dry flour mix. Whisk until smooth. Pour or spoon into baking dish/ramekins.
MAKING THE SAUCE: Combine 3/4 cup of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of sifted cocoa powder in a bowl. Sprinkle this on the pudding. Slowly over the back of a spoon pour the boiling water onto the cocoa powder and sprinkle the sugar.
Put the dish or ramekins on a tray and into the oven. Cooking time varies depending on the size of the dish. In a dish - bake for roughly 35 mins In ramekins - roughly 20 minutes The pudding will bounce back when pressed gently on the center if they are ready.
Serve while hot with cream and berries or ice cream.

19 Comments

- - happymum2018 said
  - 31 Aug 2019
    7:16 pm
Love self saucing cake thanks chocolate is the best version

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 28 Nov 2017
    10:50 am
Love to use little ramekins and love self saucing cakes wow thks

- - mom241861 said
  - 14 Sep 2017
    6:11 pm
Self sauce chocolate pudding is to die for. I think growing up this pudding was always served at least once a week as it was so easy and as kids we loved it.

- - mom112023 said
  - 01 May 2017
    11:09 am
I love self saucing puddings. Thanks for this.

- - mom113991 said
  - 21 May 2016
    9:02 pm
these look great! will be trying them for sure

- - mom19782016 said
  - 19 Jan 2016
    2:27 pm
How do these go in the freezer? I’m thinking of making a double batch and freezing one of them to use for another time.

- - aprilb1 said
  - 30 Dec 2015
    9:54 am
Such an easy dessert and really tasty

- - rachelvk said
  - 20 Dec 2015
    9:43 pm
A great back up dessert made with ingredients I always have in the pantry. Delicious.
- mom94125 replied
  
  08 Jan 2016 , 9:02 am
  yeah it sure is great. i just can’t believe how easy this is, especially because it looks that good lol!. cheers to the owner of this recipe idea!
  - rachelvk replied
    
    27 Jan 2017 , 9:30 am
    
    Totally agree. A very impressive looking yet quick and easy dessert.
- - cherz said
  - 12 Dec 2015
    10:02 pm
Yumm.. This looks sooo wickedly good. thanx.

- - Kasey said
  - 11 Dec 2015
    10:36 pm
This looks so easy and I bet it tastes fantastic, my family would love it!

- - mars2370 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    1:17 pm
I think my kids would like this pudding. So easy to make

- - mom93821 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    6:03 am
Thanks for the recipe – I love choc self saucing puddings – despite hot or cold weather.

- - mom165081 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    1:22 am
Very much a scrape the platter clean kind of recipe! Always a favourite.

- - mom112217 said
  - 07 Dec 2015
    9:11 pm
Always a great recipe to have for desserts,thanks!

- - mom160421 said
  - 07 Dec 2015
    5:12 pm
I have these ingredients in my pantry/fridge already, so I’ll be trying out this chocolatey recipe very soon.

- - mom90758 said
  - 07 Dec 2015
    1:23 pm
It looks delicious! Something that adults and kids can enjoy!!

- - mom94125 said
  - 07 Dec 2015
    1:16 pm
this sounds really good and very simple to make. i think that the kids will love this idea cheers for the pudding recipe.