I discovered this treasure of a recipe concept on Pinterest a few weeks ago and couldn't help but give them a try. The recipe I found had an egg in it, and as we always seem to run out of eggs, I was keen to try making one without. I found a few different recipes and tested them - they were all yummy but I am a long-time fan of self-saucing puddings, and decided this was exactly what they needed. I also wanted to tone the sugar levels down a bit, as I don't really have that much of a sweet tooth and the recipes I tried kind of made my teeth quiver. So, here is my version of the chocolate mug cakes (not that unlike the hundreds of other recipes around), with the added delicious addition of sauce and half the sugar.
Yum yum yum...
Self-Saucing Chocolate Mug Puddings
Per serve:
2 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 Tbsp cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 Tbsp chocolate chips
Dash of vanilla essence
3 Tbsp milk or water
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 Tbsp cocoa
3 Tbsp boiling water
Using one large coffee cup per person, add the dry ingredients first and stir to combine. Then, add the coconut oil, chocolate chips, vanilla essence and milk or water and stir very well until all mixed together. Make sure you get right to the bottom of the cup or you will end up with lumps of flour in your cooked pudding. Smooth the top of the pudding out and sprinkle the second measure of cocoa and brown sugar on top. Pour the boiling water, over the back of a spoon, into the cup. Microwave each pudding in 30 second bursts until puffed up and springy. Mine took one minute each but be sure to do it in bursts because an over-cooked pudding is dry and yuck. Serve with cream, milk or yoghurt on top.
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| Add dry ingredients to your mug and stir to combine. |
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| Add wet to dry, stir very well. |
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| Smooth down the top of your batter... |
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| ... and sprinkle over the sugar and cocoa and pour over hot water. |
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| Cook until moist and springy. Consume. |
am so going to try this! have chocolate deserts on the brain after seeing one on Nigella express. this looks delicious :)
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ReplyDeleteJust made this. Was a bit rubbery. Think I will make a looser mixture next time and cook on half the power. Was nice with cream though.
ReplyDeleteSo, so yummy, but so, so rich. We have both saved half for tomorrow night. Thanks for sharing/
ReplyDeleteGreat recipe! Next time I make it though, I'll mix the cocoa and brown sugar before sprinkling on top. I ended up with cocoa lumps in amongst the delicious sauce - oops!
ReplyDeleteGreat recipe - the best of these I've tried. Not too sweet, but oh-so-rich!! Yes, agree with mixing the sugar/cocoa mixture on top - I had lumps of cocoa too. Also, this is very chocolatey - next time I will halve both cocoa measurements to 1/2 Tbsp. But if u like it bittersweet , this is the recipe for you.
ReplyDeleteThis is great - the boyf loved it and is making me print it off and put it on the fridge!
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