Pear & Chocolate Sponge Pudding with Custard

I was on Instagram the other day (Food Obsessed Girl) and saw this pudding recipe.  It immediately caught my eye. It is a British style pudding.  In the U.K. the term "pudding" is used to describe any dessert.  It can be cake, pies, cookies, sponges, and, well, puddings.  I love British Puddings, and knew I had to make this one.

Actually puddings there are not the same as our milky puddings here in North America either. More often than not they will be ......