Chocolate and walnut pudding

Once cooked this pudding is surrounded in its own pool of chocolate sauce.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Preheat oven to gas 4, 180°C

Step 2

Butter a one litre, deep baking dish

Step 3

Sift the first five ingredients in a mixing bowl

Step 4

In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, eggs and vanilla essence. Then stir into the dry ingredients, together with the chopped walnuts.

Step 5

Pull the mixture into the buttered baking dish

Step 6

Mix together the brown sugar and cocoa powder and, with a fork, gradually whisk in the hot water. Then pour this all over the pudding. You may think this sounds unusual, but it's correct.

Step 7

Place the pudding in the pre-heated oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the pudding has risen and is firm in the middle. Before serving, sprinkle with icing sugar.