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Black forest self-saucing pudding

Name: Black forest self-saucing pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 100 g dark chocolate, at least 70% cocoa solids, roughly chopped; 75 g butter, plus extra to grease; 125 g caster sugar; 250 g self-raising flour; 25 g cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 2 large eggs; 75 mL kirsch; 150 mL milk; 250 g frozen pitted cherries; 25 g cocoa powder; 100 g caster sugar; 400 mL boiling water; 100 mL kirsch

Classic retro flavours incorporated into a comforting Black Forest pudding.

By Ailsa BurtPublished: 18 October 2018

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Yields:

8 serving(s)

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

1 hr 20 mins

Total Time:

2 hrs 20 mins

Cal/Serv:

458

Ingredients

100 g dark chocolate, at least 70% cocoa solids, roughly chopped
75 g butter, plus extra to grease
125 g caster sugar
250 g self-raising flour
25 g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 large eggs
75 ml kirsch
150 ml milk
250 g frozen pitted cherries

FOR THE SAUCE

25 g cocoa powder
100 g caster sugar
400 ml boiling water
100 ml kirsch

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan) mark 3. Grease a 2 litre pudding dish. Add the chocolate and butter to a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of just simmering water. Stir occasionally then once melted, remove and leave to one side to cool slightly.
2. Step 2In a large bowl mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Whisk the eggs into the cooled chocolate mixture. Finally whisk in the kirsch and milk.
3. Step 3To make the sauce add the cocoa powder, caster sugar, boiling water and kirsch to a large saucepan. Heat until boiling then put to one side.
4. Step 4Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and slowly pour in the chocolate and kirsch mixture, whisking until smooth. Stir in the frozen cherries. Spoon into the greased pudding dish. Pour the boiling liquid slowly into one corner, pouring it over a spoon so it doesn’t make a hole in the pudding. Bake in oven for 50min-1hr, serve immediately with vanilla ice cream.