Everybody's Chocolate Fudge Pudding

This dessert is so quick and easy to whip up on a wintery evening to have 'straight from the oven with vanilla ice cream

Ingredients

1 cup brown rice flour
¼ cup cocoa
1 heaped teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons nut or olive oil
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
oil spray

Sauce
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup cocoa
2½ cups boiling water

Method

Step 1
Preheat oven to 175ºC. 
In a large bowl sift together rice flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda.

Step 2
In a separate small bowl whisk sugar and egg together until creamy. Fold in buttermilk, oil and vanilla.

Step 3
Make a well in the centre of dry ingredients and add egg mix. Slowly stir together until well mixed. Grease a shallow 1.2L ovenproof dish with oil spray. Transfer pudding mix into dish
and smooth top to level.

Step 4
To make sauce, in a small bowl whisk together sugar and cocoa. Add boiling water. Mix to dissolve and pour over pudding. Bake for 20 minutes or until cracks appear on top.

Hands-on Time: 15 minutes   |  Cooking time: 20 minutes  
Makes: 8
Credit: Healthy Food Guide Magazine. Photography: Carolyn Robertson

Tip: Serve with a poached tamarillo and natural  plain yoghurt.