CHOCOLATE PUDDING

155g plain flour 10ml baking powder (heaped 1/2t bicarbonate of soda,1 heaped t cream of tartar) pinch of salt 80g granulated sugar 1 egg 140ml milk 10ml vegetable oil 15ml cocoa powder 2.5ml vanilla essence Sauce: 110g demerara sugar 30ml cocoa pinch of salt 395ml hot water

Oven: 180C/Gas 4

Serves: 4

METHOD

Grease an 8" oven proof deep dish. Mix flour, salt, baking powder, sugar and cocoa. Stir in the milk, oil and vanilla essence. Pour into prepared dish. Dissolve sugar, cocoa and salt in the hot water and pour over the batter. Bake for40 mins. The batter bakes through the sauce, resulting in a chocolate sponge with a chocolate sauce underneath.