GLOBAL GAS / dessert

Chocolate Orange Steamed Pudding

A warm cocoa sponge with fresh orange zest.

Ingredients

• 125 g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
• 125 g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100 g self-raising flour
• 25 g cocoa powder
• 1 orange, finely grated zest
• 3 tbsp milk

Method

1. Grease a 1 litre pudding basin. Beat the butter and sugar together, then beat in the eggs.
2. Fold in the flour, cocoa, orange zest and milk. Spoon into the basin.
3. Cover with pleated baking paper and foil, securing both with kitchen string.
4. Stand the basin on a trivet in a deep saucepan. Add boiling water halfway up its sides, cover and simmer for 90 minutes, topping up the water as needed.
5. Remove the covering and turn the pudding onto a plate.

Serve warm with custard or pouring cream.