Christmas chocolate pudding

Place a pot of water on to boil. You will also need to lightly grease a 1 pound pudding bowl.

Beat the egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the grated chocolate, breadcrumbs, sifted flour, baking powder, salt, allspice and cinnamon; stir to blend well.

Whip the egg whites until stiff; fold gently into the chocolate mixture.

Pour the mixture into the greased pudding bowl; place in the pot of boiling water making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the bottom of the pot - you can set it on a round cooling rack if you have one. Steam for one hour, topping up the water if necessary.

Turn out onto a serving plate and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.