This really does taste as good as it looks. Make it once, and there's no going back....

Here's how

1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine flour and cocoa in a bowl. Whisk coffee and water in a jug until granules dissolve. Add butter, milk and sugar to coffee, whisking lightly until combined. Pour coffee mixture into flour mixture. Add egg and stir until smooth. Spoon into 4 x 1-cup-capacity bowls and put on a baking tray.

2 Combine extra sugar, extra cocoa and extra boiling water in a jug. Pour mixture over pudding. Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked through when tested in the centre with a skewer. Serve immediately.

Cook's tip:

If you eat a pudding immediately after cooking you'll notice there's a small amount of sauce at its base. As the puddings cool, the sauce becomes absorbed by the cake, but this will not make them any less delicious.