Saucy Chocolate Puddings

For the puddings:-

125g plain flour

1 tbsp baking powder

4 tbsps cocoa powder

125g caster sugar

250ml milk

75g unsalted butter, melted

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 tbsp rum or other drink

100g walnut pieces

For the Sauce:-

125g soft muscovado sugar

1.5 tbsps cocoa powder

150ml boiling water

Grease 4 to 6 teacups, according to size.

Preheat oven to 180'C/160'C fan.

Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and beat in the wet ingredients until you have a smooth batter. Pour into teacups.

In a separate bowl mix together sugar and cocoa powder and sprinkle equally over the puddings. Pour the boiling water equally over the top of each pudding.

Sit on a baking tray and bake for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Allow to cool for 5 minutes and then top with lightly whipped double cream, flavoured with rum and sweetened with a sprinkling of caster sugar.

Adapted from "In the Mood for Food" which suggested 4 teacups but there was too much mixture for 4 teacups and the puddings overflowed slightly. Each portion was quite big!