Little puddings

Sorry about the rubbish photo- lets call this dessert 'rustic'! These little guys must have been made a thousand times in our house, I'm sure my sister is laughing as she reads this post. This recipe is a bit 80's really, microwave deserts were all the rage then but who cares- they are yummy! A great treat to make with the kids, they love watching them explode out of the cups in the microwave!
Add some vanilla ice cream or custard to make a delicious little dessert.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 Tblsp jam
• 50g butter
• 1/4 c sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 c flur
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 c milk

METHOD:
Lightly grease 4 straight sided coffee mugs. Put 1 Tblsp of jam in each mug. Put butter in a bowl and microwave until melted (about 30 seconds). Add sugar and egg and whisk well. Sift in flour and baking powder. Add milk. Mix it all well. Put mixture evenly in the mugs on top of the jam. Put mugs in microwave, cook on high for 3-4 minutes. Stand for 1 minute. Run knife around the edge and tip out.

Enjoy xx
A

Chocolate Sauce pudding

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 Cup flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 heaped Tblsp cocoa
• 4 Tblsp melted butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 heaped Tblsp cocoa (again)
• 2 cups boiling water

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius.  To make the pudding, sift flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and cocoa into a mixing bowl. Add butter, milk and vanilla and mix well. Pour into a buttered dish (approx 25cm dish is what I use)
Combine in another bowl the brown sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle this onto the pudding. Pour over boiling water and bake for 40 minutes.

yum!

TIPS:

• This serves 6-8 people and is best with plain unsweetened yoghurt (Clearwater's organic is the best) or vanilla ice cream
• Although it is tempting to add chocolate to this recipe, you will find that it is rich enough and it will go quite sticky/sloppy and heavy if you do

Enjoy xx
A

Chocolate sauce pudding is not all that attractive but it is so good!!!