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Cheat's sticky mocha pudding

A genius mudcake hack! - by Fast Ed
  • 02 Jul 2021
Prep: 10 Minutes - Cook: 10 Minutes - Serves 6
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Don't say you don't have time to make dessert! Most of this one is already in your pantry – and it's easy enough for anyone in the family to whip up!

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Ingredients

600g storebought chocolate mud cake

1 cup dried dates, seeded and roughly chopped

2/3 cup rum

300ml thickened cream

1 Tbsp instant coffee powder

½ cup dark brown sugar

¼ cup treacle

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 Tbsp cocoa

2 tsp ground cinnamon

12 squares good-quality dark chocolate

Cream and grated dark chocolate, to serve

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C fan-forced (180°C conventional). Grease 6 x 250ml pudding moulds or large coffee mugs. Remove icing from cake and discard.

  2. Crumble cake into a large bowl. Combine chopped dates and rum in a small saucepan and bring to the boil over medium heat. Pour hot rum mixture over cake and stir through. Divide cake mixture between moulds. Bake for 5 minutes, to warm through.

  3. Combine cream, coffee, sugar, treacle and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil. Remove from heat and whisk in cocoa and cinnamon. Spoon over puddings and mash in gently with a spoon. 

  4. Make an indent in centre of each pudding press in 2 squares of chocolate. Return to oven and bake for a further 5 minutes. Serve warm with cream and grated chocolate.

cheat's sticky mocha pudding

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'Fast' Ed Halmagyi is one of Australia’s best-loved TV chefs and food authors. For over a decade, Ed has appeared on television and radio, in newspapers, magazines and books.

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