Despite being Sydney born and bred I am a winter gal through and through. The cool air, the fabulous clothes and the amazing winter fare is my kind of lifestyle. Forget frolicking at the beach or being burnt to a crisp – give me the great indoors, a fire and some cookbooks and I’m in hog heaven.
Of all the winter foods my favourite to cook and eat must be puddings. Despite not having an overly sweet tooth I am always drawn to puddings: self-saucing, gooey, oozy numbers are what the cold weather is all about. Wand when it comes to a hearty dessert to make you happy to be alive it is hard to go past a bread and butter pud.
Australian blogger and writer Kate Gibbs’ recipe for choc raspberry bread and butter pudding, from her book After Toast, had my name on it: I had a stale loaf of chunky white bread and due to shopping miscommunication about 8 litres of milk in the fridge.
I made a few tweaks including the amount of eggs and milk and omitting jam that was used on the bread slices.
GATHER:
8 thick slices of good quality white bread
Enough butter to generously butter bread with
150g fresh or frozen raspberries
1/3 cup dark choc bits / buttons/ roughly chopped chocolate
3 eggs
2 cups milk
Good splash best quality vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon sugar plus extra for sprinkling
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 180C .
Cut bread into small rectangles or triangles then butter each piece on one side.
Arrange in shallow ovenproof dish and scatter with half the raspberries and all of the chocolate. Cover with remaining bread.
In a large jug whisk eggs until frothy then beat in milk, vanilla and cinnamon.
Pour over bread and scatter over remaining berries.
Stand for 15 minutes.
Sprinkle over the extra sugar, cover with baking paper and bake for 20 minutes. Remove paper and bake for another 15.
Serve warm.
the hungry mum 
Mrs Hungry, this looks the business. This weekend has been just the weather for such a dish!
I agree – as soon as the temperature drops it is pudding time 🙂
I love bread and butter pudding! It is something that most Americans don’t seem to know anything about, but it seems to be passed down here mostly by the Irish.
I’ve never had one with anything but raisins in it before, though! Looks scrumptious!
Really? This isn’t a popular dish in the US? What a loss! This is the first time I’ve made it with anything but raisins and I must say – it is AMAZING 🙂
There are tons and tons of bread puddings, but they are day old bread soaked in the custard – eggs, milk, cream. They’re usually baked in a water bath. They were really popular in New Orleans, although you’d find them elsewhere, and have spread across the nation in the past 15 years or so with Food Network and the internet.
This old fashioned Bread and Butter pudding is really a different animal. Simpler, basic, wonderful. It’s my favorite!
I used to make it at night for dessert when my daughter was little, and then we’d have the left overs for breakfast!
By the way, you must be my Aussie twin – I melt in the heat, I love fall fashions – sweaters and suede and cool boots, a nip in the air and the crunch of leaves…and I love puddings. All kinds: custards, bread puddings, mousse like concoctions, Christmas puddings, stove top puddings, creme brule and on and on! Thanks for posting this!
Wow – we are one & the same person! All of those things you listed are my favs, too 🙂 I *dread* summer each year but everyone thinks I’m nuts! Give me a blue sky with very low temperatures, a big coat and I’m happy!
Here are a couple more Americans who love bread pudding. I’m saving this recipe – I know my daughter and I will love it.
Lillian
Excellent – good to hear Lillian 🙂 Spread the word about this easy dessert x
i couldn’t agree more, winter is my fave season! 🙂
and what better way to enjoy it than with that delicious looking pudding – yuuuuumm!
super warming and weather perfect 🙂
Bec {Daisy and the Fox}
http://www.daisyandthefox.wordpress.com
yay for the cold! This week, with its cold days & rain, has made me happy 🙂 And soup for tea & puddings & hot Milo #bliss
I’m American, and I love bread pudding 🙂 The hubby is a real sucker for the stuff. This recipe looks great! I love that there is less sugar than most bread pudding recipes I’ve seen.
Oh, good to hear! Was worried that this recipe might not ‘translate’ so well but am happy to be proved wrong 🙂 Hope you make this x
Mmm, looks simply amazing. I love bread pudding.
Cheers! It is very hard to stop at just one serving…
oh this is so pretty! And thinking it is way too good to stop at one serving, yes. I don’t share your love of winter, but will gladly eat this pudding anytime. Fantastic!
Thanks! I don’t have a big sweet tooth but this was very hard to resist. Highly recommend 🙂
You could just define a serving as one kilogram and then you’ll feel much better for having always kept to your one-serving-per-sitting limit ^.^
I like the way you think 🙂
Easiest and tastiest things to make I reckon. So pretty!
so easy, and great for using up stale bread that otherwise would have been chucked. Who knew recycling could taste so good?
Wow heavenly treat. …bread pudding anytime am in….
I’m with you: if there’s bread & butter pudding I *will* be eating it!
You’ve done it again, B! Love the flavour combo – having recently had gooey rich raspberry brownies. This looks lighter on the waistband (heh heh) but still, comfort food that won’t dent my conscience. Will give it a go soon!
Thanks! Don’t know if this could be described as ‘light’ though… 🙂 The way I see it, you only live once so why not indulge?!
Raspberry and chocolate are two of my most favourite combinations!! This looks wonderful.
they are *made* for each other 🙂
Raspberry and chocolates takes the pudding to next level:-) love it
It is a flavour explosion 🙂 Hope you get to make it.
How could I ever resist a nice big bite of this bread and butter pudding 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks CCU, although it is hard to stop at just *one* bite 🙂
Love bread and butter pudding so this is a great twist on raisins with the bread
It is such a satisfying dessert, although very hard to resist.
Such a great idea to add chocolate and raspberries!
It is nearly always a good idea to add chocolate 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
We love bread pudding and I am in the US too! Not sure why people think we don’t eat bread pudding here in the US. Your recipe looks great! 🙂
Oh, phew! Was getting worried for a moment there that this recipe would flop in the US.This is SO good 🙂