Well, there’s a name that trips off the tongue easily!
I could also have mentioned that this pudding is eggless, but I think that would have been a step too far!
I used dark and white chocolate but if you wanted to make this pudding suitable for a vegan then you could just use dark chocolate.
For those of you not familiar with the term Speculoos it’s the name used on the continent for Lotus Biscuit Spread. You know, those biscuits that every hairdresser in the land served with a Rombouts coffee in the 70s as your mum sat under the drier!
Anyway, I digress, the lovely people at Flora got in touch recently and asked if I’d like to develop a recipe using Flora Cuisine. I must admit that I hadn’t actually got around to trying this product but Flora Buttery can always be found in my fridge alongside the butter! I thought of playing it safe and making a cake or muffins that would ordinarily use butter or oil as this is where Flora Cuisine can be substituted but then I had a better idea! For a long time now I’ve heard from my fellow food bloggers about all the fabulous different things you can cook in a slow cooker, puddings being one of them. So after a scan of the ingredients in my cupboard and a bit of research, I concocted this Slow Cooker Double Chocolate Speculoos Puddle Pudding which I’m very pleased to say worked a treat. The result was a very rich, sumptuous gooey pudding that was slightly more waxy in texture than a puddle pudding that uses eggs but the wolves, sorry family devoured it (with a generous splash of double cream) in no time! A repeat performance was immediately requested! Being such a rich pudding it’s one for occasional use only, so they’ll just have to wait on that one!
The great thing about Slow Cooker Double Chocolate Speculoos Puddle Pudding is you can make it way before your main course and forget about it until it’s ready to serve.
I hate having to juggle at meal times so this pudding is ideal. I used the Flora Cuisine, which looks like a cross between softened butter and mayonnaise to grease my slow cooker as well as, as a substitute for oil in my pudding.
Unlike oil, you keep it in the fridge and I like that it is so versatile.
It’s made from a blend of linseed, sunflower, and rapeseed oils and is lower in saturated fat than olive oil and higher in Omega 3 which makes it a healthy choice (if you’re not making my pudding of course)!
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Slow Cooker Double Chocolate Speculoos Puddle Pudding
Ingredients
- 115 g Plain flour
- 180 g Caster sugar 60g + 120g
- 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 110 ml Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla paste
- 2 tbsp Flora Cuisine
- 75 g Dark chocolate chopped into chips
- 75 g White chocolate chopped into chips
- 25 g Cocoa powder
- 110 g Lotus Biscuit Spread
- 450 ml Boiling water
Instructions
- Grease the inside of the slow cooker with Flora Cuisine.
- Put flour, 60g caster sugar, baking powder and 2 tbsp of cocoa powder into a bowl and mix together.
- Add the milk, vanilla paste and Flora Cuisine gradually and mix until smooth.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon mixture into slow cooker, spreading out evenly.
- Put 120g of caster sugar and 25g of cocoa powder in medium sized bowl and mix well.
- Put the Lotus Biscuit Spread into a jug with 450mls of boiling water and mix well.
- Gradually pour the liquid onto the sugar/cocoa mixture and mix until smooth.
- Pour the mixture on top of the cake batter in the slow cooker.
- Cover with lid and cook for 2 ¾ – 3 hours on high until the top layer of sponge is cooked through and there is a layer of sauce underneath.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving.
- Serve with double cream or vanilla ice cream.
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post for which I was paid by Flora to develop this Slow Cooker Double Chocolate Speculoos Puddle Pudding and all opinions are my own.
Abigail Cullen
What a great looking dessert, this is the sort of dessert I always order when dining out.
Camilla
I don’t blame you:-)
Kirsty Fox
I never thought of doing something like this in a slow cooker.
Camilla
Yes there are so many things you can do which I’ve yet to experiment with!
linda
can i use white choc instead of dark.
Camilla
I’m sure you could, it just wouldn’t have he same intensity of flavour as white chocolate is more creamy tasting.
linda
I made this pudding and it was great. do you think i could use just white choc instead?
Camilla
Glad you liked it. I’m sure you could but it wouldn’t have the same intense chocolate flavour that you get from the dark!
gouldie7
The sort of thing my wife would the but I would love! lol
Camilla
Good for her:-)
cake17uk
Love the idea of using the spread in this as I have some lurking in my cupboard and was interested in using it for something other than on toast!
Camilla
I just found it too sweet on it’s own!
Ursula Hunt
Sold the oven as we’re moving and in the meantime it is great to have different slow cooker recipes
bev
Naughty but very nice!
Carolyn Clapham
A chocoholics dream! The only thing that’s holding me back is that I need to get hold of some vanilla paste and the lotus biscuit spread. If I can find/remember to get those next time I go shopping, then I will definitely try this x
Camilla
Thanks you could use vanilla essence if you don’t have the paste – I just happen to have it:-)
Ursula Hunt
Perfect with fresh raspberries to cut through the sweetness
Camilla
Ooh yes or strawberries:-)