Food Gawker and the amazing Chocolate Pudding!

Just before I start, if you haven't heard of Food Gawker, then stop reading this, and go there right NOW!
Okay, now that that's over and done with, I can begin!

The amazing Food Gawker <3 It has the most beautiful pictures of bread, cakes, cupcakes, brownies, chocolate, any good tasting food thing ever, and links them back to the original website/blog! Such a good, simple idea, and I love it!
The reason I am writing this, is because I have found the best recipe on there, and I needed to share it with you! It is a chocolate melt-in-the-middle pudding, which you can whip up in the space of a few minutes, cook in the microwave (yes, the microwave!) and tastes sososo good!

These puddings are so simple to make, and taste divine!

The original recipe was in american cups, so I converted them into grams, and made it for 3 people instead of 2!

48g plain flour

48g sugar

48g cocoa powder

big pinch of salt

48 ml milk

48g melted butter

3 eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

50g chocolate chips (preferably milk or white, and you can do more!)

1. In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
2. Add the milk, melted butter, eggs ad vanilla. Use a whisk to beat it all together, into a smooth, quite runny consistency.
3. Fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Divide the mixture between 3 microwavable cups. Each of my "Falcon's School" mugs hold 6 fluid ounces, and that is about the right amount.
5. Microwave the cups together, on the highest setting for 2 minutes. be careful though, because my highest setting is 900 watts, so make sure you adjust the time accordingly.
6. Make sure you leave to puddings to rest before you eat them, and sprinkle with a bit of icing sugar!

Also, mine bubbled up over the edge of the cup, so you might want to put them on a plate when you're microwaving them!

Thanks for reading :)

Eve's Pudding (but with plums...)

I got home from school, and felt like baking with my sister, so because neither of us had any homework, we baked an Eve's Pudding. Slight problem though - we didn't have any apples, but we adapted and used plums instead! I think it tastes just as good, because the tartiness of the plums was really nice with the sponge.

Plums:

4 regular plums

2 tbsp caster sugar

Sponge:

75g butter, softened

100g caster sugar

100g self-raising flour

2 eggs, beaten

1 tbsp boiling water

1/4 tsp baking powder

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C
2. Chop the plums into rough quarters, and place in a saucepan. Cook on a low heat until soft. Add the caster sugar.
3. Place the plums in a 2 inch depth gratin dish. Leave to cool.
4. (For the sponge) Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
5. Fold the flour and eggs in in alternate spoonfuls into the sugar mixture until blended, being careful to keep folding rather than stirring energetically - this will keep air in the mixture and fold in.
6. Add a spoonful of boiling water to the mix.
7. Spoon the mixture over the plums. Cook in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the topping is puffy and golden. Serve with cream or custard.

I hope you like this, and if you have any questions be sure to comment them below!

Thanks for reading!

:)