Christmas pudding is now so interwoven with family ... stirring the final ingredients together and making individual wishes. It's a lot of work, with multiple layers of building the pudding ...

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease 4 small dariole moulds or individual pudding basins. Place the sugar, butter and chocolate into a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water.

Light as air and deliciously sweet, these individual sponge puddings are comfort food to impress. For this recipe you will need four individual pudding moulds, a steamer and kitchen string.