Name: Hot cross bun chocolate puddings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 6 hot cross buns halved; butter; 50-100 g dark chocolate chopped; 3 eggs; 2 sugar; 1 cocoa powder; 1 brandy; 1 tsp vanilla extract; salt just a pinch; 1 1/2 cup milk

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Ingredients (10)

6	hot cross buns — halved
	butter
50-100 g	dark chocolate — chopped
3	eggs
2	sugar
1	cocoa powder
1	brandy
1 tsp	vanilla — extract
	salt — just a pinch
1 1/2 cup	milk

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Method:

Grease 4 x 1½ cup ovenproof ramekins with some butter.

Butter the hot cross buns half and keep top halves seperate.

Place 4 halves of the buns in the bottom of each ramekin, top with half of the chocolate and repeat the layer.

Top each ramekin with the 4 top halves of the buns.

Use a sharp knife to cut the layered buns in quarters in the ramekin.

Whisk the eggs with the sugar, cocoa, brandy, vanilla and salt.

Whisk in the milk and pour over each of the ramekins in equal quantities.

Gently push the buns down into the custard and let it soak for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.

Place the ramekin into a deep roasting tray and add enough hot water to the tray to come a third of the way up the ramekins.

Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes until the custard has set and the puddings are brown on top.

Serve immediately dusted with some cocoa powder and custard, ice cream or cream.

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