Self-Saucing Chocolate Pudding

2 tblespns butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup self-raising flour
1 tblspn cocoa
Pinch salt
1/2 cup milk
1 tspn vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 tspn vanilla

Topping:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1.25 cups hot water
1.5 tblspns cocoa

Method:
Heat the butter in a small bowl for 1 minute.
In a casserole or round serving dish, mix the sifted flour, cocoa, salt and sugar.
Stir in milk, melted butter and vanilla.
Pour the topping over the batter.
Cover with waxed paper.
Microwave on High for 8 minutes.
Test with a skewer.

Microwave Chocolate Cake – Joyce I

1.75 cups self-raising flour
1 cup warm milk
1/2 tspn soda
125g melted butter
3 tblspns cocoa. (If coffee-cake required, 3 dessetrspoons coffee can be dissolved in the milk.)
1.5 cups sugar
1/4 tspn salt
2 large eggs
1 tblspn oil (sunfield is good)

Mix dry ingredients, including sugar, together.
Melt the butter in a large jug for 60 seconds on High.
Warm the milk for 60 seconds on High.
Add the soda.
Add eggs to melted butter and whisk well.
Add oil, milk and soda.
Mix well.
Combine all ingredients.
This is a very liquid mixture.
Poour into lightly-greased ring cake mould.
Cook 10 minutes on High.
This makes a beautiful light-textured, dark-coloured cake.
Can be cut in half and filled with butter icing.
Ice top.