Chocolate Toffee Bread Butter Pudding Recipes

ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9-in. springform pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Cube remaining butter; place in a small saucepan. Add chocolate chips and brown sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, vanilla, espresso powder and salt. Gently stir in bread; let stand until bread is softened, about 15 minutes. Fold in chocolate mixture. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes., Meanwhile, for sauce, heat cream in a small heavy saucepan until bubbles form around sides. In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolk, brown sugar and salt. Whisk a small amount of hot cream into egg mixture; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Stir in butter. Fold in pecans and coconut. If desired, stir in brandy. Cool., For whipped cream, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and, if desired, brandy; beat until soft peaks form., Loosen sides of pan with a knife. Carefully run a knife around edge of springform pan to loosen; remove rim from pan. Serve pudding warm with sauce and whipped cream.

COFFEE TOFFEE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F and lightly butter an 8' square baking pan.
• Place cream, milk, ground coffee and lemon peel in a medium saucepan set over medium-high heat.
• Heat just until bubbles form around edge of pan. Remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes.
• Line a fine-holed sieve with cheesecloth or a single layer of paper towel.
• Set over a medium-size bowl.
• Very slowly pour cream mixture through sieve (Don't worry if a few coffee grounds slip through, most of the grounds will sink to bottom of pan).
• Discard grounds and peel.
• While milk is heating place bread cubes on a baking sheet in a single layer.
• Toast in preheated oven, stirring occasionally until lightly golden, 6 to 9 minutes.
• Remove from oven, but leave oven on.
• Place bread in prepared pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk eggs with sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
• Gradually whisk in cream mixture, then add butter. Pour over bread.
• Sprinkle chips over top. Press bread and chips into cream mixture several times to ensure bread is well covered.
• Cover with a lightly buttered piece of foil.
• Set pan in a larger baking dish.
• Fill larger dish with enough very hot water to halfway up the sides of bread pudding pan.
• Bake until pudding sets, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Serve warm.
• *For a fabulous dessert, make our creamy bread pudding and jazz it up with coffee and butterscotch or chocolate chips. Cut into squares, top with a dollop of cinnamon dusted whipped cream and a curl of lemon peel.

CHOCOLATE BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate and cream together in the microwave, stirring every 30 secs. Warm the milk in a large pan.
• Whisk the eggs and sugar in a large bowl or jug. Pour in the hot milk, whisking as you do, then add the chocolate mixture and whisk to combine.
• Remove the crusts from the bread (these will freeze well for breadcrumbs). Use a sharp serrated knife to cut the loaf into 4 or 5 slices along the length of the loaf (approx. 2cm thick) - this is easiest if you score where you want to cut along the top before slicing.
• Spread one side of each slice with the spread of your choice. Roll the slices up, from the shorter ends, then cut each roll in half or three so you have 10-12 roly-polys. Place them cut-side up in a baking dish. Pour over the chocolate custard, making sure each roll is soaked. Cover with cling film and leave for at least 30 mins so the bread can soak up all the custard, or you can put it in the fridge overnight, if you like.
• Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3½. Brush the tops of the bread swirls with the marmalade, then bake for 45 mins until the bread has puffed up and the custard is just set. Brush with marmalade again for a glossy finish, then serve warm with double cream.

CHOCOLATE TOFFEE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Bring cream, vanilla bean and 1/4 cup sugar to a low boil. Remove vanilla bean.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and remaining sugar. Whisk a little of the hot cream mixture into the egg mixture. Whisking constantly, pour the egg mixture into the hot cream mixture.
• Place the chocolate chips in a large bowl.
• Pour the custard over the chocolate chips; stir until chocolate has melted.
• Layer the cake pieces, chocolate custard, toffee pieces in a greased 8-inch square cake pan. Repeat the layers as needed.
• Bake at 350 degrees F until the center is firm, about 20 minutes.