Melting chocolate puddings

• oil

  for brushing

• self-raising flour↗85g g
• baking powder↗½ tsp tsp
• cocoa↗40g g
• ground almond↗40g g
• butter↗125g g

  softened

• golden caster sugar↗100g g
• eggs↗2
• Lindt milk chocolate↗6

  balls

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Ask your grown-up helper to switch the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Use a pastry brush to brush the muffin tin or pudding moulds with oil.

2. 2

   Sift the flour with the baking powder and cocoa into a bowl, then stir in the ground almonds.

3. 3

   Beat the butter with the sugar using a wooden spoon or electric beaters.

4. 4

   Add the eggs and flour mix, and beat everything together. Add 1 tbsp water if the mixture is too thick to fall off the spoon.

5. 5

   Spoon the mixture into the tins or moulds and level the tops. Push a chocolate into the middle of each one – but don’t push it right to the bottom.

6. 6

   Ask a grown-up to put the puds in the oven for 20-25 mins. Leave for 10 mins or until cool enough to handle, then carefully turn out onto plates.