Chocolate sauce pudding in the microwave

This easy pudding has long been a family favourite, now even easier and now ready a lot quicker in the microwave.  Everyone loves the rich sauce that forms during cooking.

 Ingredients

Base mixture

1 cup flour
2-3 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ cup sugar
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Topping

½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1½ cups boiling water

Method

1. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into a mixing bowl
2. Add sugar
3. Stir in milk, vanilla essence and oil and mix.
4. Grease the bottom of a 20×20 cm or 23×18 cm baking dish with a little cooking oil
5. Spread the mixture into the greased dish
6. Sprinkle the 2^nd measure of sugar and cocoa over the base mixture
7. Gently pour the boiling water over the topping
8. Bake for 10 minutes in the microwave on 50% power.

During baking the dough rises to the top and the sauce forms at the bottom. be sure to use a baking dish large enough to cope with the mixture rising and bubbling or you might have a messy microwave to clean up afterwards.

To serve, use a spoon to cut into the cooked mixture and turn on to a serving plate then spoon the sauce over each serving.

Serves 4