Chocolate Fudge Pudding

Chocolate Fudge Pudding

Serves 4

1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup caster sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 teaspoons butter, softened
pure icing sugar and double cream or ice-cream, to serve

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease an 8-cup capacity ovenproof bowl or pudding bowl.
2. Sift flour and 2 tablespoons cocoa into prepared bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar. Add milk. Stir until well combined.
3. Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cocoa in a small bowl. Sprinkle over surface of pudding. Gently pour boiling water over the back of a large metal spoon to cover surface of pudding. Dot with butter. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
4. Dust with icing sugar and serve with double cream or ice-cream.

Recipe from Super Food Ideas Magazine (August 2005).