This recipe provides a double-chocolate hit, with a rich hot or cold chocolate sauce to pour over a chocolate-chip pudding. Alternatively, you could serve the pudding with just cream or crème anglaise.
Prepare a 1.25litre pudding basin for steaming (see Chef’s techniques).
Place the butter and sugar in a bowl and, using a wooden spoon or electric beaters, beat together until light and creamy, then mix in the vanilla. Add t