Chocolate self-saucing pudding

Who doesn’t like a decadent, lower-calorie chocolate self-saucing pudding for those cosy winter evenings in. Super cheap and easy to make, this recipe freezes well and has a gluten-free option.

Serves: 8

Time to make: 50 mins

Hands-on time: 10 mins

Ingredients

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1 cup self-raising flour
½ cup cocoa
1 cup firmly packed brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
½ cup skim milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons reduced-fat spread, melted, cooled
1 cup boiling water
icingfrostingX sugar

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Instructions

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1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease a deep 4-cup-capacity round baking dish. Sift flour and half of the cocoa into a bowl. Add quarter of the brown sugar and stir until combined. In a jug whisk milk, egg and spread in a jug. Add to flour mixture and stir until well combined. Pour batter into prepared dish and spread evenly. Smooth top with the back of a wet spoon (this produces a pudding that cooks evenly).

2 Combine the remaining cocoa and sugar in a bowl. Slowly whisk in boiling water until a smooth mixture forms. Pour over pudding batter (as it cooks, the topping sinks to the bottom of the dish, forming the sauce).

3 Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top forms into a cake and a skewer inserted into the centre of pudding portion (top half) comes out clean. Stand for 5 minutes to allow sauce in base of pudding to thicken. Dust with icing sugar.

Serving suggestion

Serve with low-fat ice-cream.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free self-raising flour and cocoa and check icing sugar is gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 179 cal

Kilojoules 750 kJ

Protein 4 g

Total fat 4 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 35 g

Sugar 20 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 130 mg

Calcium 70 mg

Iron 1 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.