INGREDIENTS

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups self raising flour
• 3 tbsps cocoa powder
• Pinch salt
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 80g butter, melted and cooled
• 20g coconut oil, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup full cream milk
• 6 plums, whole

Sauce:

• 1 cup coconut sugar
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp instant coffee
• 1 ½ boiling water

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C
2. Prepare a baking dish by greasing the inside with butter and dust with flour.
3. Sift the flour, cocoa and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
4. Whisk the sugar, melted butter and coconut oil together with the eggs, then whisk in the milk.
5. Slowly add this egg mixture to the flour using a wooden spoon until you have a thick chocolate batter.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish, then evenly place the plums into the batter, top with the coconut sugar and boiling water and bake for 40 minutes or until cooked.
7. Serve with cream or ice cream.

Recipe by Fiona Louise, courtesy of the MONTAGUE tree.