Name: Easy chocolate pudding
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g butter or margarine, plus extra for the bowl; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 100g dark muscovado sugar; 150ml/¼ pint milk; 1 egg (large or medium); 1 heaped tbsp cocoa powder; 225g self-raising flour minus 1 heaped tbsp; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 4 tbsp milk; 4 tbsp cream; 1 tbsp golden syrup; 100g good-quality dark chocolate

100g butter
or margarine, plus extra for the bowl
2 tbsp golden syrup
100g dark muscovado sugar
150ml/¼ pint milk
1 egg
(large or medium)
1 heaped tbsp cocoa powder
225g self-raising flour
minus 1 heaped tbsp
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the sauce

4 tbsp milk
4 tbsp cream
1 tbsp golden syrup
100g good-quality dark chocolate

Method

step 1
Butter the inside of a 1.2 litre pudding bowl and line the base with a disc of buttered greaseproof paper.
step 2
Melt the butter, syrup and sugar in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and stir in the milk and egg. Add the cocoa to the flour, then tip this mixture into the pan with the cinnamon and soda.
step 3
Pour the mixture into the pudding bowl, cover tightly with foil and steam for 11⁄4 hours. Just before the end, heat the sauce ingredients until melted, stirring all the time.
step 4
Turn the pudding out (run a knife around the inside of the bowl if necessary) and discard the paper disc. Pour the sauce over the top and serve immediately.