4. Orange One Minute Pudding with Chocolate Orange Sauce

One Minute Pudding is a favourite of my family's for after a Sunday roast - it's really simple to make (it takes 1 minute!) and tastes great, and you can do so many variations, simply from what's in the cupboard!

This is my gluten free version, with an orange and chocolate twist!

Gluten Free One Minute Pudding

5 oz gluten free self-raising flour (I use Dove's Farm) 5
3oz butter
4oz sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp orange juice
rind of one orange
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp xanthan gum

For the chocolate sauce:
1 tbsp orange juice
200g plain chocolate, broken into pieces (or dark for a richer taste)

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees / Gas Mark 4.

2. Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl until well-combined.

3. Put into a greased oven-safe serving dish and cook for 30 min.

4. Whilst in the last 5 minutes of cooking, put the chocolate and orange juice in a glass bowl and melt together (either microwave or over a pan). I like to add about 1 tbsp of sifted cornflour to the chocolate mixture, as it makes it extra thick and creamy.

5. Serve immediately!

The best thing about the basic sponge recipe above is that it can be so easily adapted. For example, taking away the 1 tbsp orange juice and doing an extra tbsp milk, you can then add mixed spice and sultanas for a completely different feel to the dessert. Or you could put thinly sliced apple and red berries at the bottom of the dish, sprinkled with some brown sugar and with the cake mixture poured on top, and you get a kind of crumble, but with cake topping! (Otherwise known in our house as Mother Eve's Pudding.) There's loads of variations to be had with this recipe - so go ahead and experiment!