A self saucing chocolate pudding.
Pudding ingredients
1 cup of plain flour
3 tablespns cocoa powder
6 tablespns butter )
1/4 cup choc chips) melted together in microwave for 1 min, stirred.
1/4 teaspn salt
1/3 cup milk
1 egg yolk
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspns vanilla extract
Topping ingredients
6 tablespns cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown or muscavado sugar
1 1/2 cups hot (but not boiling) water
Method
Whisk dry pudding ingredients together, make a well in the centre.
Add milk, egg, melted butter/choc mix and vanilla extract, mix thoroughly.
Spoon batter mix into the bottom of slowcooker.
For topping, whisk cocoa and the 2 different sugars together and then sprinkle the mix over the batter.
Gently pour the hot water over the back of a spoon and onto the top. DO NOT STIR.
Cook on high for 2 hrs. ( recipe says can also cook for 4 hrs on low - but I didn't try that)
There will be a saucy/sticky layer at the bottom when you spoon it out - just lush with a scoop of vanilla icecream.