God's Growing Garden: Orange Steamed Pudding Cakes with Chocolate Sauce

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Orange Steamed Pudding Cakes with Chocolate Sauce

Orange Steamed Pudding Cakes with Chocolate Sauce

If you've followed my blog for any amount of time then you know how much I enjoy the flavor combination of orange and chocolate. Well, today's recipe is one of my new creations using that winning flavor combination.

Today we are baking "Orange Steamed Pudding Cakes with Chocolate Sauce."

Printable Recipe

Pudding Cake Ingredients:

2 eggs (separated)

1/2 cup granulated sugar (plus a little extra for dusting the ramekins)

1/4 cup flour

pinch of kosher salt

2/3 cup yogurt (whole milk yogurt - NOT lowfat)

3 tablespoons orange juice (or freshly squeezed juice from half an orange)

orange zest from one orange

4 ramekins (buttered or sprayed and then lightly sprinkled with sugar)

Chocolate sauce Ingredients:

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (unwhipped)

1/4 to 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

double boiler to melt

In a medium size mixing bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff and sharp peaks are formed (seep picture bottom left). Then in a different mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar, yogurt, juice and zest. Stir the flour and pinch of salt into the egg yolk mixture (see bottom right picture below).

Gently fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture (see two pictures below).

Separate the batter into 4 equal parts and fill (up to 3/4 full) each buttered ramekin. (I just took a large serving spoon and spooned in one scoop at a time into each ramekin until all batter was gone).

Place the filled ramekins in a large Pyrex dish and pour boiling water into the Pyrex dish (making sure NOT to get any water in the batter). Pour enough boiling water so that the water level comes up to about halfway on the outside of the ramekins. Unfortunately the water level does not show up in the picture below):

Cover the entire Pyrex dish with foil (make sure that it is secure all around the dish)

Bake in a preheated 300 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes (it will be baked when you gently press down on the top of the cake and there is no indentation)

Remove the foil and bake for another 15 minutes (see picture below)

Remove from oven, also remove each ramekin from the water filled dish and place each one on a cooling rack (see picture below):

Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes. Take a knife and gently run it all around the edge of each cake/ramekin (to release it from the ramekin). Gently turn the ramekin upside down on the plate (see picture below).

Once you see that the cake has released from the ramekin then you may remove the ramekin. Below you will see a perfect pudding cake with the creamy pudding layer on top.

This delicious dessert can be eaten plain (with no topping - see picture below)

Or you can make a chocolate sauce topping. (to make the chocolate sauce - simply warm the cream and chocolate chips in a double boiler until the chips have melted and the sauce will form).

Pour the chocolate sauce over your cakes while the sauce is still warm & ENJOY!