Saucy Vegan Chocolate Pudding

Self saucing chocolate puddings have to be the best. It’s like a buy one get one free deal. Moist sponge AND a silky smooth sauce underneath in just a few easy steps.

Done in 45 minutes

Serves 6

Dish by Mia Jacobs

Ingredients

For the pudding

50gvegan butter, melted

140gmashed banana

125mloat milk

1 tspvanilla extract

150gself raising flour

70gcaster sugar

30gcocoa powder

1 tspbaking powder

pinchsalt

For the other layers

100graspberries or cherries (pitted)

175glight brown sugar

30gcocoa powder

300mlboiling water

To serve

20g icing sugar

a handfulfresh raspberries

This may not be a looker, but this vegan chocolate pudding is delicious, decadent and definitely a winner if you're looking to impress. Don't be put off by the unorthodox method here, the boiling water on top somehow makes its way to the bottom of the cake and transforms into the silkiest, most chocolatey rich sauce.

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Combine all the wet ingredients for the cake batter. In a large mixing bowl combine all the dry ingredients then fold the wet into the dry until fully combined.

Grab a 10x7inch (approximately) oven proof dish, and tip the raspberries or cherries into the bottom. Spread them evenly then pour over the cake batter. Combine the cocoa powder and brown sugar for the topping then sprinkle it over the batter in an even layer.

Pour the boiling water on top of sugar cocoa mixture using an overturned spoon to slow the pour and stop the water going straight through the batter. Carefully lift and place into the oven for 30 minutes.

The cake should be firm on top with a glossy sauce underneath. Dust the whole thing with icing sugar and serve with some vegan ice cream. Enjoy!

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Mia is a self-taught cook with an obsession with street food and an absolute hatred for parsnips. Before joining Twisted Green, Mia founded an online vegan cooking school in the midst of the global pandemic and began teaching people all over the world how to cook incredible vegan food from the comfort of their own homes. Her mission was, and still is, to help transform kitchens everywhere from a daunting space to one that’s filled with the irresistible aroma of frying garlic, and some very special plant-based grub. She also believes that crisps and hummus are a gift to humanity.