Granny’s goo

Name: Granny’s goo
Yield: Feeds four
Ingredients: 2 tbsp cocoa; 125 g (4½ oz) self-raising flour; pinch of salt; 100 g (3½ oz) soft butter; 100 g (3½ oz) caster sugar; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 3 tbsp milk; 1 cup boiling water; 100 g (3½ oz) soft brown sugar

Preparation info

Feeds
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Old Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 1998

About

That’s what this sticky self-saucing chocolate pudding was called in our family. It’s not haute cuisine, but it is very warming and filling, both physically and metaphorically. Serve with pouring custard (Broths and Sauces).

Ingredients

125 g (4½ oz) self-raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa</

Dessert
Sauce
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Heat oven to 180°C (350°F). Sift together flour, cocoa and salt.

Cream butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla. Fold in flour and milk alternately, mixing well. Spoon into a buttered ovenproof 18 cm (7