Chocolate cobbler

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Method

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups of sugar (divided)

8 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 cup flour

½ cup milk

2 tspns baking powder

1/3 cup butter, melted

1 ½ tspns vanilla

1 ½ cups hot water

¾ cup brown sugar

May I take this opportunity once again to wish all the readers a peaceful New Year. Well we don’t seem to be able to stay away from chocolate for too long do we,? But what better way to start the New Year than with chocolate! This recipe makes for a dessert that is not sliced and served neatly but comfortingly heaped into your bowl and indulged in! 1. Preheat oven to 350 C. Put the flour, 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder (keep the balance 5 tablespoons aside) baking powder and ¾ cup of sugar (once again keep the balance ½ cup aside for later) and stir well.

2. Stir in the milk, butter and vanilla and mix until smooth. Pour the batter into an ungreased, 8 inch square, glass baking dish.

3. Sir together remaining ½ cup sugar, 5 tablespoons of cocoa and brown sugar. Sprinkle cocoa mixture evenly over batter.

4. Now comes the most surprising bit of the recipe! Pour the hot water very gently over the top of this - please DO NOT stir even though you may be tempted to do so as it will look quite messy at this stage.

5. Bake for 35 – 40 minutes, or until the center of the cobbler is almost set. Remove from the oven and let it stand for 15 – 20 minutes.

6. This cobbler makes its own chocolate sauce in the bottom of the dish. So serve into individual dessert dishes and spoon sauce over each serving.

7. Add a final touch of a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, and serve. Simple to make and delicious as well!