Slow Cooker Self-Saucing Chocolate Orange Pudding

4.72 from 7 votes

A rich and indulgent chocolate orange dessert with a chocolate orange sponge with a rich chocolate sauce that forms under the sponge as it cooks.

Course Dessert

Cuisine British, Slow Cooker

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 10

Servings

Calories 487kcal

100 g butter melted
250 g self-raising flour
140 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
50 g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
zest of 1 orange
juice of 1 orange
3 eggs
150 ml milk I use semi-skimmed
100 g orange milk chocolate broken into chunks (I usuaully use Terry's Chocolate Orange segments or orange Matchmakers)

Grease your slow cooker pot using a little melted butter or oil.
In a large bowl, measure out the flour (250 g), caster sugar (140 g), cocoa powder (50 g), baking powder (1 tsp), orange zest and a pinch of salt.
250 g self-raising flour, 140 g caster sugar (superfine sugar), 50 g cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, zest of 1 orange
In a jug, whisk together the orange juice, eggs (3), melted butter (100 g) and milk (150 ml).
100 g butter, juice of 1 orange, 3 eggs, 150 ml milk
Pour the ingredients in the jug over the dry ingredients in the bowl and mix until smooth.
Add in the chocolate pieces then pour the cake mixture into the slow cooker pot.
100 g orange milk chocolate
Mix 300 ml of boiling water with the light muscovado sugar (200 g) and 25 g cocoa powder for the sauce, then pour this over the top of the cake mixture.
200 g light muscovado sugar, 25 g cocoa powder
Turn on the slow cooker, put on the lid (with tea towel under it to catch drips, stopping them falling onto the sponge as it cooks), then cook on high for 2-3 hours until firm.