Dessert Recipes - Enriched Bread Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz whole meal bread, cubed

• 150 ml/2/3 cup milk

• 3 eggs, lightly beaten

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup dark brown sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 5 ml/1 tsp grated nutmeg

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground mace

• 175 g/6 oz/1 cup dried mixed fruit (fruit cake mix)

• 20 g/1 1/2 tbsp butter; melted

• Caster (superfine) sugar; for sprinkling

• Cream or custard, to serve

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Method:

1. Put the bread in a bowl. Add the milk and leave to soak for 30 minutes. Beat well with a fork. Mix in the eggs, sugar, spices and fruit.

2. Brush a 1.5 liter/6 cup ovenproof dish with some of the butter. Turn the mixture into the dish and level the surface. Drizzle with the remaining butter.

3. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for about 1 hour or until golden brown and set.

4. Allow to cool slightly, sprinkle with caster sugar and serve cut into squares with cream or custard.