Chocolate Pudding

Pudding from scratch? No easy bake or J-E-L-L-O brand in these parts of the world, sorry to say. I hereby present:

Easy baked chocolate pudding

120 g (240 ml, or just less than 1 cup) all purpose flour
pinch of salt
10 ml (2 t) baking powder
100 g (100 ml or 2/5 cup) white sugar
60 ml (4 T) cocoa powder
125 ml (1/2 cup) milk
30 ml (2 T) melted margarine or butter, or oil (I find oil works best)
5 ml (1 t) vanilla essence
another 50 g (50 ml or 1/5 cup) white sugar
375 ml (1 1/2 cups) hot water
Serves 6 (or 4 kids)

Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, 100 g sugar and half of the cocoa powder in a large mixing bowl. Add the milk, melted margarine and vanilla essence. Pour batter into a deep greased baking dish. Mix the remaining sugar and cocoa powder together and sprinkle over the surface of the batter. Pour the hot water slowly over everything. Bake for 45 minutes at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).
Check during cooking time when you try it the first time because if your dish isn't deep enough the chocolate sauce may boil over.

Can be had with delight over ice cream.