Bread pudding

Bread pudding

This simple bake is lovely with tea, or custard or ice cream for dessert

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 9 squares

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

plus 15 mins soaking
Freezable

Method

  1. Tear the bread into a large mixing bowl and add the fruit, peel and spice. Pour in the milk, then stir or scrunch through your fingers to mix everything well and completely break up the bread. Add eggs, muscovado and lemon zest if using. Stir well, then set aside for 15 mins to soak.
  2. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin (not one with a loose base). Stir the melted butter into the pudding mixture, tip into the tin, then scatter with demerara. Bake for 1½ hrs until firm and golden, covering with foil if it starts to brown too much. Turn out of the tin and strip off the paper. Cut into squares and serve warm.

510 kcalories, protein 10.0g, carbohydrate 94.0g, fat 13.0 g, saturated fat 7.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 67.0g, salt 1.15 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2009.

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  • 24 October 2009

    Natalie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this today with luxury dried mixed fruit and it was lovely. Very pleased with the pudding and will make again. Highly recommend.

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  • 26 October 2009

    gemz84 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    beautiful

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    29 October 2009

    Sue rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Scrummy yummy!

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  • 17 November 2009

    cookhouse rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is really good food and tastes divne

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  • 09 March 2010

    Mildew rated this recipe

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  • 14 April 2010

    nanajan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have made this again and again its just divne 10 out of 10 you must make try it, I rate this 10

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  • 04 May 2010

    cormorant2 commented on this recipe

    really tasty, baked as per recipe apart from candied peel just added more mixed fruit. Five stars

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  • 28 May 2010

    pinkoboe rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I've just made this for the first time. Firstly, I'm not sure if I have unusually shallow cake tins, but there was absolutely loads of mixture, far too much for my single 19cm square tin. In the end, there was enough to fill two that size, producing a cake about 2cm deep. Cooking time was spot however and I didn't need to cover it foil either. I lined my tins with baking parchment with it over-hanging on all sides which worked a treat. Seems tasty though, I decided to make this as bread pudding has become a regular, some what expensive treat at work (hi Brian!), hopefully this will prove just as good.

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  • 15 June 2010

    Lisa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious - I made this with chopped dried apricots to replace the mixed peel as I didn't have any and it was lovely!

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  • 19 July 2010

    mother*ship rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    My dad loves bread pudding and I had some bread that needed using up so I thought I give this recipe a try (I usually use Delia's) doing a version with dried apple and cinnamon instead of the mixed spice. It's turned out very nice although I was waaaaay too cautious with the cinnamon, this is definitely a pudding that needs a hefty dose of spice!

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  • 22 August 2010

    yummy mummy rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    given all the previous comments i was very disappointed in this - it came out more like fruit cake - very rich - too much mixed fruit for me. Next time i'll use more bread and less fruit!

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  • 25 August 2010

    Pelupi rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this to relive my memories of bread pudding as a child...perfect

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    25 August 2010

    jai commented on this recipe

    Made as instructions except substitute apricots or more fruit for the mixed peel. Excellent recipe 10 out of 10, only one I use for bread pudding now.

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    25 August 2010

    jai rated this recipe

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    05 September 2010

    SM rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    It became apparent we had lots of left over bread so made this to the recipe, however I used 1 large cooking apple and chopped in chunks and 500g currants (Didn't have any dried fruit). VERY yummy and we had it with ice cream a great sunday treat!!

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  • 10 September 2010

    austinali66 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe and its really worth sprinkling the sugar on top so you get the crunchy topping.

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  • 13 November 2010

    Trevor rated this recipe

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  • 29 November 2010

    Elena rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this yesterday for the first time making bread & butter pudding & it turned out brilliant!! followed the recepy exactly as it stated & it turned out perfect will defenetly be making this again!!

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  • 01 December 2010

    leigh commented on this recipe

    Made this for my family and work collegues, and they all loved it, I live in Holland and they dont have bread pudding here so was something different for everyone, good receipe

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  • 03 December 2010

    Velvet Rose rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this today ... what a winter warmer pud ... served with whipped cream ..... As a child hated it .. the way my maw made it ... but I'm now duely converted fan ...

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 9 squares

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

plus 15 mins soaking
Freezable

Ingredients

  • 500g white or wholemeal bread
  • 500g/1lb 2oz mixed dried fruit
  • 85g mixed peel
  • 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice
  • 600ml milk
  • 2 large eggs , beaten
  • 140g light muscovado sugar
  • zest 1 lemon (optional)
  • 100g butter , melted
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
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510 kcalories, protein 10.0g, carbohydrate 94.0g, fat 13.0 g, saturated fat 7.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 67.0g, salt 1.15 g

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