One-pan molten chocolate pudding

What could be better for winter warming than a warm, sweet treat? Here’s our favourite simple but divine chocolate pudding recipe. It will have kids (and parents) licking their lips.

Ingredients

200g butter softened/room temperature
100g castor sugar
4 eggs, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g self-raising flour
200g dark chocolate, melted
Cream or ice-cream to serve
Fresh raspberries to serve (optional)

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200 C
• Cream together the butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes, until smooth.
• Add the eggs one at a time, whisking well in between, then add the vanilla.
• Sift in the self-raising flour, add the melted chocolate and fold everything together gently to combine.
• Pour the chocolate mixture into a large (22-24 cm) greased oven-proof skillet or baking dish.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until the pudding is just cooked but still soft in the middle.
• Serve warm with cream or ice-cream and fresh raspberries, if you like.

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