It was around this week last year that I posted my favourite Soft-Centred Chocolate Pudding recipe. For those who missed it, you can find it here.
It’s no surprise then, that as the weather has cooled and the Easter weekend looms close, I find myself thinking of chocolate and warming desserts once again.
It was while my boys were snuggled on the lounge watching the Grand Prix and the rain was softly falling, that I was drawn to the kitchen and started to muck around with the good old classic Chocolate Self-Saucing pudding recipe that I am sure many of you have either made or eaten before.
On a side note, it was my first day out of bed after succumbing to the flu and I was completely over lemon and ginger tea and not being able to taste much of my food.
So with limited energy to spare and 4 sets of hungry eyes looking at me from the lounge, I thought of this SUPER easy, mix-and-bake-in-the-one bowl dessert.
The best way I can describe it in relation to the Soft-Centred Pudding recipe above is using the analogy of shoes.
The Soft-Centred Puddings are your black high heels. They are perfect for enjoying with guests, table cloths and candles and a well-thought out dinner party menu.
This Chocolate Nutella Self-Saucing pudding are your ugg boots. You pull them out when you are tired and the weather is cold and you want to eat something with your family, preferably in your PJ’s and in front of a good movie.
The best bit about this recipe, apart from the taste, is that you mix it all in the bowl you bake it in, a big tick for the minimal washing up.
Serve it with cream, custard or ice-cream…..and in your ugg boots.
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup castor sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup nutella
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Topping
- 2 tablespoons nutella
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 3/4 cup boiling water
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Pour the flour, cocoa and sugar into a round baking dish (approx 4 cup/2L size) and whisk with a hand ballon whisk until combined.
- Make a hole in the centre of these ingredients.
- In a small jug, mix all other ingredients, (except the topping) with a fork and then pour into the hole in the dry ingredients.
- With a wooden spoon, stir until smooth and combined.
- For the topping - in a small bowl, mix nutella and brown sugar together. It will become clumpy.
- Sprinkle this mix over the top of the pudding.
- Pour the boiling water gently over the top of the pudding.
- Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes, or until the top of the pudding is cooked and spongy but you can see the sauce bubbling up the sides.
- Cool for a few minutes and serve with cream, custard or ice-cream.
