Thrift Lady's Chocolate Fudge Pudding- oh my God!!!!!

patchwork_cat

We burnt ours. I think we did it in too deep a bowl and then it wasn't cooked so we left it in longer and burnt it. Do you do yours in a shallow bowl or a deeper pudding basin type bowl?

jessicamb

Yum Yum Yum

Third Time lucky - this is definitely fab

thriftlady_2

patchwork_cat wrote:

We burnt ours. I think we did it in too deep a bowl and then it wasn't cooked so we left it in longer and burnt it. Do you do yours in a shallow bowl or a deeper pudding basin type bowl?

My dish is rectangular baking dish about 2 inches deep - definitely not a pudding basin type dish. What do you mean by 'not cooked' ? The pudding is not supposed to be firm all the way through. It should actually be liquid beneath a cakey top. The longer you cook it for the more cake and less sauce you get and vice versa.:)

iwanttosave_2

Ours tastes nice (bloody sweet), but there was only a little bit of sponge, and then a massive amount of watery syrup.

What did we do wrong?

thriftlady_2

Try cooking it for longer - you may have to adjust the temp a bit as ovens vary quite a bit. It is sweet, but you can use less sugar to suit your taste.

When I make this (usually for Sunday lunch) I cook it for the 40 mins then turn the oven off and leave it in the cooling oven while we eat our roast. This means it actually cooks for longer, it produces a pud with just the right amount of cake to fudgy sauce.

V.Lucky

Sorry if I am being thick, but does cocoa mean cocoa powder? Or is it something else?

Recipe sounds great, I am going to try it.

thriftlady_2

Cocoa is indeed cocoa powder Sorry not to be clear:)

V.Lucky

No - thanks for the help. I am not that experienced as a cook, and didn't know if it was anything else.

It's the only thing I don't have in my cupboard - besides the US cup measure. Used my last one as a urine sample collector/measurer LOL - and consequently that one is now in the landfill.

iwanttosave_2

thriftlady wrote:

Try cooking it for longer - you may have to adjust the temp a bit as ovens vary quite a bit. It is sweet, but you can use less sugar to suit your taste.

When I make this (usually for Sunday lunch) I cook it for the 40 mins then turn the oven off and leave it in the cooling oven while we eat our roast. This means it actually cooks for longer, it produces a pud with just the right amount of cake to fudgy sauce.

Well our gas went out half way through so that might have had something to do with it, I think nextime, we will use less sugar, even I could only manage about 3 spoonfuls, and that was with cream to cut it down a bit.

carrieparkinson

i made this today but had to sub cocoa 4 choc drink. was still yummy!