The winter months are slowly creeping in on us down here in Melbourne. I love winter time, I know most people find winter dull, and can't wait for summer, but I think winter is snug and beautiful. That's why two years ago I packed up and left Brisbane, to come to Melbourne so I could enjoy the seasons. I love coming in from the cold to a nice warm house. I would love to have a roaring, crackling fire to come home to, it seems such a romantic notion. My little heater will have to do for now. One day though, I'll sit near a roaring fire eating this next recipe. Like a scene from a movie, a girl can dream!! Nom nom nom :)
Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2/3 cup milk
50g melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup hot water
Pre heat the oven to 180C
Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa into a bowl, add the sugar. Combine the milk, butter and vanilla essence together and add to the dry ingredients, stir until well combined. pour into a baking dish or frypan and spread the mixture out. Top the mixture with the brown sugar, cocoa powder and then pour over the water. Place in the oven and cook for 50 minutes or until cooked.
Oooo, amazing, awesome, fantastic! My engling is too poor to describe such gorgeous dessert!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Elen, it means such a lot. Where are you from? I hope you keep coming back.
DeleteOh wow! If that is what pudding looks like, then us Americans have been making a poor knock-off! I have just checked the cubbards and I will be making this for dessert tonight. My fiance will be so excited! Scratch that - I am so excited!
ReplyDeleteLol, Let me know how you went, I hope you enjoyed it.
DeleteYeah - It was To. Die. For. Todiefor. The only thing I would change would be that next time I will forego making dinner because we both just wanted to skip straight to dessert!
DeleteOh I'm so glad you made it and loved it. Lol, Yeah dinner is a pain like that:)
DeleteWow...really beautiful photography (especially that third image!). Delicious, decadent, and doable dessert for two...
ReplyDeleteThank you Cristina. I'm a little indecisive when I put up images I can never choose so I put up far too many, so its nice when people tell me what there fav is.
DeleteHave a great evening.
Soph
I didn't realize May is considered a winter month in Australia, but that's really cool! This chocolate pudding sounds so delicious; I'm so tempted to try it out! (:
ReplyDeleteHi Monica,
DeleteIts not quite winter yet but it is certainly creeping in on us down here. Winter starts in June. Hope you get to try the pudding out its very yummy. Have a great evening.
Sophxx
This looks amazing, would definitely satisfy my chocolate cravings :) Ah, I understand where you're coming from about winter. Even though it's still autumn in Melbourne (I live in Melb), it has been really chilly, yet winter hasn't even started! And some days, it's sunny. Melbourne weather is crazy :P
ReplyDeleteThanks Yii-Huei,
DeleteIt satisfied my cravings, I polished the last piece off last night, was delish. It has been getting really cool, it certainly feels like winter. The sun is shinning today though. You have a very nice blog, the high tea look a nice place to go for mothers day.
Soph
I've been looking for a good recipe for chocolate pudding cake; this one looks exquisite! I can't wait to try it! Your photography is just stunning. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Alanna, its a pretty easy recipe and I find I normally have all the ingredients in my pantry so make it when I need a chocolate hit. I hope you do make it and enjoy it.
DeleteSophia xx
Hi, I'm going to try that on sunday, but I was wondering how did you make the chocolaty ribbons on top of the pudding. Did you melt chocolate chips and sprinkled it over? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteClaudia
Hi Claudia,
DeleteYeah I melted some chocolate and splattered it over the top with a fork, you don't need to do this as the chocolate sauce at the bottom is enough, I really just did it to make the top look nicer for the photos.