1. Preheat oven to 160deg Grease a 6-cup casserole dish, preferably 1 with a rounded bottom. To prepare batter, place flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a medium-size bowl. Stir with a fork until blended.
2. Pour in milk, butter and vanilla. Beat until fairly smooth. Batter will be very thick. Spoon into dish and smooth top.
3. To prepare topping, stir sugar and cocoa together in a small bowl until evenly blended. Sprinkle over batter. Then, pour cold water over sugar mixture. Do not stir.
4. Bake in centre of preheated oven until cake appears lightly glazed on top and sauce is bubbling around sides of dish, about 35 to 40 minutes.
Per serving 226 calories, 3.2 g protein, 6 g fat, 42.6 g carbohydrates, 1.5 mg iron, 80 mg calcium
Of course if you serve it with lashings of whipped cream you can forget about the "per serving" bit.
Ma - not happy - for a chocoholic I CAN'T HAVE IT AT THE MOMENT!!!!!! Looks like I have to have my gall bladder out this side of Christmas and at present in quite a lot of pain and a very strict, restrictive diet - and no chocolate!!!! Sounds yummy though - maybe one day I will be able to have it.
June
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Pejay, eat very bland food until you get your gall bladder out, I could only eat pasta and potatoes for quite a while. You will make up for it later though. I allow myself 4 squares of dark choc every night now. You do still have to be careful after, mine was 3 years ago and haven't been able to eat the good old stuff since. By good old stuff I mean anything and everything.
Thanks Happywanderer, it is tough thinking of different ways you can have chicken and fish - getting there though. I have been warned that after the op, to be careful as you could quite easily stack on the weight, and that I don't want to do! Looks like I may have to limit myself with the chocolate though - Christmas and Easter???
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Pejay, John had his gall bladder removed in an emergency op 8 years ago, but it hasn't stopped him from eating anything. The liver continues to produce bile after the gall bladder is removed, it just drips continually into the intestine rather than pumping out in a larger quantity; simply eat smaller amounts of fat at one sitting if you're concerned -- John's surgeon confirmed that when he was 'done'.
Cheers -- Andrea
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I don't have to be careful now..mine came out last year. And even beforehand, I only had to be careful of really fatty things.
I wasn't told anything about diet by any Doctor. I just knew from experience. And when it got really bad, I did my own research.
Chicken that'd been cooked skin on, was the worst for me.
Peejay, it's a very simple op if done keyhole. I was very nervous as it was my first real op, but it's certainly better than that pain. I reckon it was worse than childbirth!
I have been looking for this recipe because I really want to make this kind of pudding. Can I use honey instead of sugar? because I really want to eat dessert but sugar is not included. Hope to hear from your response soon. Thank you for this recipe.
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I've put on 2 kilos just reading it! 
