Cheap, fast pudding

Amara

Pablosmummy wrote: »

Chocolate pudding (serves 2)

1 cup skimmed milk (or any milk but I use skimmed for less calories)
1/8 cup cocoa powder (I just guess the amount really, you hardly need any)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp cornflour

mix the dry ingredients together, add milk and bring to the boil. KEEP STIRRING! and it will thicken up into a lovely chocolate pudding which you can eat hot or cold - I like to put some frozen berries in a dish and pour the pudding over the top and leave to cool for about 15 minutes. the berries defrost and the pudding thickens nicely.

You can also just make plain vanilla by leaving out the cocoa powder, you might need a tiny bit more cornflour but you can just add it if it doesnt seem to thicken up enough.

A bit like chocolate custard

7_week_wonder

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

'idiots' guide to microwaveable upside down cake



the batter then is just a standard sponge cake batter.
100g butter,
100g sugar (muscavado works best but i've used whatever i've had in with no ill effect. Muscavado just helps improve the colour of the sponge)
100g self raising flour
2 eggs
3 tbsp milk

blend the batter ingredients together, add it to the microwavable bowl. pop in the microwave and cook on high for approx 10-12 minutes. Cooking time will vary from microwave to microwave, but as with any sponge, you can tell it's done when the cake starts to come away from the side of the bowl and a knife inserted into the sponge comes out clean. you can, if you're feeling posh, put a plate over the bowl and turn the whole lot upside down, but i just dish it up from the microwaveable bowl.

serve with custard or icecream. if by some strange miracle you have some left, it tastes even better cold the next day - sticky, gooey and sweet

I also do a variation of this using tinned pears instead of pineapple and adding 2 teaspoons of ground ginger to the sponge mix. Makes an equally yummy pear and ginger upside down cake:)

Hobsons_Choice

A cheap, fast pudding? That'll be me then! (Note: must get back to the diet):rotfl:

rachbc

just an aside but how often to people having pudding - my lot get offered the fruit bowl every evneing, I often do a pud on sunday then maybe once a week they get icecream (less if we don't have any in!!)

Amara

rachbc wrote: »

just an aside but how often to people having pudding

About 3-4 times in my house.

Amara

adelight wrote: »

Microwave sponge pudding: 2oz each of SF flour, sugar, marge, tbsp milk, 1 egg mixed and poured over 2tbsp of jam/nutella/syrup and microwaved in a deep bowl(cover with cling film) for 2-3 mins. Makes a nice big pud for 2 or 4 with ice-cream/custard.

I tried this one with Pavlovs_dog's twist, pineapple Really delicious!

oldtractor

pancakes with stewed fruit and cream.

jpscloud

wilding_arms wrote: »

I got so excited when I read this I showed DH...

He got so excited when he saw it, we went and made one!

Now enjoying delicious jam sponge... thank you :T

I can't unearth the original post to say thanks so will do it by proxy! I have GOT to try this... even bought nutella specially!

jpscloud

Scotch (syrup) pancakes with a teaspoon of coulis/preserve and a squirt of squirty cream - like a cream scone only less stodgy!

lostinrates

slice oif left over cake (e.g.battenburg, madeira, a sponge, gingercake) complimentray alcohol (sherry, ameretto, limoncello, rum) some fruit or berries and a drizzle of cream/custard/zabaglione or icecream and a crumbled ameretto buscuit. Quick, cheats and slightly deconstructed trifle.


banana, sliced, custard, and a chopped crunchie or couple of nuggets of honey comb candy if you can get that ...its better without the chocolate from the cunchie....

biscuit (like digestive or gingernut) icecream, biscuit...to make a sandwich...or icecream with berries/stewed fruit.

I always suggest souflees becasue I have eggs, but a lemon/orange/chocolate souflee cooks in the time it takes to eat a main course and feels ''special''
Other wise, zabaglione alone, well....served with a kiss.