Heavenly Chocolate Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 1/2 ounces butter or 3 1/2 ounces margarine, plus extra for the bowl
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup (british sweetener, the american brand is "king")
• 3 1/2 ounces dark muscovado sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 7 7/8 ounces self-raising flour, minus 1 tbsp
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 4 tablespoons cream
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 3 1/2 ounces good-quality dark chocolate

Recipe

• 1 butter the inside of a 1.2 litre (5 1/2 cup) pudding bowl and line the base with a disc of buttered greaseproof paper (parchment paper).
• 2 melt the butter, syrup and sugar in a saucepan.
• 3 remove from the heat and stir in the milk and egg.
• 4 pudding:.
• 5 add the cocoa to the flour, then pour this mixture into the pan with the cinnamon and soda.
• 6 pour the mixture into the pudding bowl, cover tightly with foil and steam for 1 1/4 hours.
• 7 sauce:.
• 8 just before the end, heat the sauce ingredients until melted, stirring all the time.
• 9 pudding & sauce assembly:.
• 10 turn the pudding out (run a knife around the inside of the bowl if necessary) and discard the paper disc.
• 11 pour the sauce over the top and serve immediately.