Best Melting Chocolate Puddings Recipes

MELTING CHOCOLATE PUDDINGS

Steps:

• Ask your grown-up helper to switch the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Use a pastry brush to brush the muffin tin or pudding moulds with oil.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder and cocoa into a bowl, then stir in the ground almonds.
• Beat the butter with the sugar using a wooden spoon or electric beaters.
• Add the eggs and flour mix, and beat everything together. Add 1 tbsp water if the mixture is too thick to fall off the spoon.
• Spoon the mixture into the tins or moulds and level the tops. Push a chocolate into the middle of each one - but don't push it right to the bottom.
• Ask a grown-up to put the puds in the oven for 20-25 mins. Leave for 10 mins or until cool enough to handle, then carefully turn out onto plates.

MELTING CHOCOLATE PUDDINGS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to Gas Mark 6 / 200°F/400°F (if cooking straight away).
• Melt the chocolate, butter and brandy over simmering water in a heatproof bowl, stirring well.
• While the chocolate is melting, whisk the sugar, eggs, egg yolks and vanilla until the mixture doubles in volume and ribbons (use the mixture to make a figure of eight and if the beginning of the 8 has vanished back into the mixture by the time you're at the end of the 8 then keep mixing!).
• Pour the melted chocolate around the edges of your sugar and egg mixture and sift the flour over the top. Fold together carefully with a metal spoon. BE PATIENT and BE CAREFUL - it may take time but it's important you do it right.
• Put the mixture in well greased ramekins and either --
• -- Cook straight away in the oven for 12 minutes.
• -- Refrigerate and cook later from chilled for 14 minutes.
• -- Freeze and cook when ready from frozen for 15 minutes.
• Leave to stand for a couple of minutes. The puddings should be firm to touch but will be fantastic and gooey on the inside! Mmmmmmmm!