CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE.

Ingredients......1 and 1/2 cups of water, 1 cup of raisins, 250 gm of butter/ marg, 1 cup of castor sugar, 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp of ground ginger, 1/2 tsp of mixed ground spice, 3 tbs of cocoa, pinch of salt, 1 tsp of bi carbonate of soda dissolved in 1/4 of a cup of boiling water, 2 cups of plain flour. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Lightly grease a round 23cm cake pan and line the base with baking paper. Combine the water, raisins, butter/ marg, sugar, spices, cocoa and salt in a saucepan. Heat over a medium heat until boiling, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Stir in the bi carbonate of soda mixture. Fold in the plain flour to make a smooth batter. Pour into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes or until firm and cooked through. Leave the cake to cool in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. This pudding cake can be served warm or cold with custard and/or whipped cream. This is delicious....mmmm.