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Chocolate fondant puddings

This is the easiest, most impressive dessert ever. I have adapted an easy recipe to make it even easier than before. 

INGREDIENTS: (for two or three puddings depending on size of cups)

-200g chocolate (light or dark or whatever)
-50g butter
-2 eggs
-2 tablespoons flour

Heat oven to 180c. Grease two (or three) ramekins, or custard cups, or whatever else you have that is oven proof. Would probably even work in muffin tins if that is all you have. I got some awesome pyrex custard cups on sale at Briscoes the other day and they work really well.

Melt chocolate and butter together over low heat. If you want you can do the double boiler thing, but I never bother, I just use gas on really low heat and stir it all the time.

Mix in flour and egg. Beat until smooth.

Pour into cups. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until outside is just set. The centre should still be runny. They are still tasty if you overcook them so don't worry too much if they aren't gooey.

Take out and sit for 10 minutes before turning out onto plates. Serve with ice cream or cream or custard or yoghurt. You will definitely need some kind of something with them as they are pretty rich.

Best/easiest chocolate cake ever

I made this last night but unfortunately I was unable to take any pictures of it before it was devoured by hungry flatmates and friends. It was supposed to be for my friends birthday today but it lasted only about 5 minutes after I removed it from the oven.

The recipe originally comes from a good friend of mine, and is crazy easy because it involves no beating of butter or anything like that.

Ingredients:

-2 cups sugar

-2 cups flour

-1/3 cup cocoa

-1 teaspoon baking powder

-1 teaspoon baking soda

-1 cup milk

-1 cup hot coffee

-2 eggs

-1/3 cup melted butter

Directions:

Sift all dry ingredients together. Beat eggs into milk. Mix all wet ingredients into dry (mixture will be very runny). Pour into greased and lined baking tin. Bake at 180 degree for approx 1 hour (its a big cake) or 35mins if seperated into two tins. Ice with chocolate icing (butter/icing sugar/cocoa).

So easy.