Melting chocolate & orange puddings

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• Nicola

  05 March 2009

  Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Wonderful pudding. I wasn't convinced that the three table spoons of water floating on the top would make it to the bottom, but it did. Yummie chocolate top and lovely saucy bit on the bottom. First time I made it was for Mum and Dad's Anniversary Meal. Thought Mum was forgiving enough if it did't turn out as expected. I worried for nothing. Having a Dinner Party next weekend, so its back on the menu. The only thing I did different was grate the chocolate. I wasn't sure that chopping it would make it mix ok. I would be interested in other comments if somebody does only chop the chocolate

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• ClairSP

  23 March 2009

  ClairSP rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I really can't work out how or where this went wrong...but it really did! I followed the recipe to the letter but the puddings exploded in the oven, there was no chocolately sauce underneath and they were burned on top...very disappointing!

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• Hilly

  16 April 2009

  Hilly commented on this recipe

  I have made this pudding twice and it has been really good. I melted the chocolate in the microwave and then mixed it in. Everyone who has tried it wants the recipe, it has been a big hit.

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• Holly;x :)

  02 July 2009

  Holly;x :) rated and commented on this recipe

  

  First time I made this pudding :) In reply to Nicola's comment; I chopped the chocolate, and worked perfectly well, exactly how described in recipe -sponge on top and choc sauce underneath- :) I would defintely make it again, me and my brother enjoyed it alot! :D

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• Hilly

  01 October 2009

  Hilly rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Sorry forgot to rate. 10/10

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• Belkey

  06 April 2010

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Not great in my opinion, mine also had mini-explosions and were too cake like.

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• Tmoriarty

  29 January 2011

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• y66sjh

  28 February 2011

  y66sjh rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this for a kids' dessert when going to friends for lunch and did it in one large dish cooking for about 35 minutes. Though it was really scrummy, it was quite rich for them. I might try adapting it using chocolate orange instead of dark chocolate and incorporating the juice from the oranges with water for the sauce. I also thought that light soft brown sugar would give a softer flavour. We'll just have to practice it a few times!

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• Anthony Pannell

  01 April 2011

  Anthony Pannell rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Cooked this as a dessert for an early Mother's Day dinner, went down a treat. I halved the recipe for 3 ramekins, but it filled 4 nicely. Lovely gooey centre, great orange flavour, wasn't too cake-like, didnt explode out of the ramekin. Was very worried about how it would turn out on my first attempt but it could not have gone better

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• Anthony Pannell

  01 April 2011

  Anthony Pannell commented on this recipe

  Oh and the two changes i made, I used regular caster sugar, and dark chocolate chips

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• Athalour

  09 May 2011

  Athalour rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My sister made these for mother's day, using Lindt 70%, and they were delicious! Some of them did overflow the ramekins in a sort of Vesuvius effect, but that would probably be solved by using bigger ramekins. Really nice recipe.

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• milkybarman

  08 May 2012

  milkybarman rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Tried this recipe last weekend, for a party with friends, using bourneville dark choc, absolutely brilliant, all agreed that it was about the best home made desert they'd ever tasted. I did half of the puddings with boiling water at step 2, and the other half with freshly squeezed juice from the zested oranges (microwaved to heat up). I personnaly preferred the juiced puddings, they were amazing, they had a real citrus kick, but they may be a bit too sharp for kids. This one will go down as a major success, and will def be on repeat. Just don't think too much about the sugar that's going in there......

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• Twinkle

  13 May 2012

  Twinkle commented on this recipe

  Made this to the exact recipe and it turned out fine. I found it to be quite a rich heavy pudding but managed to finish it!

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• RMark

  23 July 2012

  RMark rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this twice now and worked perfectly both times. Absolutely delicious! Only problem is I never seem to make enough as they always get eaten far too quickly!! I tend to have enough mixture to make 8 or 10 but maybe I just have smaller ramekins!

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• Katie K

  02 October 2012

  Katie K rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Quite rich but delicious. Dinner guests wouldn't believe it was home-made and insisted I must have bought it from the shops!

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• taste tester

  04 November 2012

  taste tester rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious! I used 200ml dishes and half filled them so they were perfect. Very indulgent - smaller dishes would be the sensible answer but, hey, these are good!

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• Ursula

  22 April 2013

  Ursula rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used regular casting sugar instead, and they were amazing!! Went down extremely well with everyone. Quite rich, but probably because my ramekins are too big!

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• Ellasophia

  23 April 2013

  Ellasophia commented on this recipe

  How full should I fill the ramekin to stop it overflowing, half full ?

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Ingredients

• 200g self-raising flour
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100g dark chocolate , chopped
• 200g golden caster sugar
• 50g butter , melted
• 1 egg
• 175ml milk
• 2 oranges , zested
• crème fraîche to serve (optional)

SAUCE

• 150g unrefined soft dark brown sugar
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder

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Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 200g self-raising flour
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100g dark chocolate , chopped
• 200g golden caster sugar
• 50g butter , melted
• 1 egg
• 175ml milk
• 2 oranges , zested
• crème fraîche to serve (optional)

SAUCE

• 150g unrefined soft dark brown sugar
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder

Per serving

553 kcalories, protein 6.4g, carbohydrate 102.3g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8.6g, fibre 2.3g, salt 0.55 g

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