This is a fresh take on the banana pudding which I developed as a hot desert for a dear friend who was battling cancer and felt too cold to enjoy anything that was not warm. This has less sugar but the hot chocolate powder ( I used Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate) lends a lovely smooth, chocolatey flavour. The chocolate and banana go well together along with a sublet hit of nutmeg.

Ingredients

(Serves 6)

All-purpose flour 3/4 cup

Drinking chocolate powder 3 tbsps
Butter 100 g
Sugar 1/2 cup
Nutmeg 1/4 tsp
Bananas 3 (2 mashed and 1 sliced)
Eggs 2, beaten
Milk 2 tbsps
Baking powder 1 tsp

Method

Melt the butter in a rectangular baking dish for about 30 seconds. 

Add the beaten eggs and sugar to the butter. Mix with a whisk.

Add the flour, chocolate powder, nutmeg and baking powder and whisk well.

Add the mashed bananas and milk and mix all the ingredients till well blended to form a thick batter.

Arrange the sliced bananas on top.

Microwave on high for 9 minutes.

Serve hot.