Marmalade bread and butter pudding

  • Portion size: Serves 6-8
  • Hands-on time 25 min, oven time 1 hour, plus chilling
  • Difficulty: easy

This classic British pudding, with its crunchy topping and custardy middle, is proper comfort food. The addition of marmalade adds extra warmth and stickiness too! A dessert that deserves only to be served with vanilla custard.

Looking for something a little more virtuous? Try our healthier bread and butter pudding. 

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Ingredients

  • 8 thick white bread slices
  • 80g unsalted butter, softened
  • 200g marmalade (with shreds)
  • 50g raisins
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, plus 2 extra yolks
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 400ml whole milk
  • 200ml single cream
  • ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 40g demerara sugar

You’ll also need

  • 2 litre ovenproof dish
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Method

  1. Thickly spread one side of each bread slice with the butter and marmalade, then slice into 4 equal triangles. Arrange the bread in a 2 litre ovenproof dish, overlapping and layering the triangles. Sprinkle over the raisins.
  2. Mix the eggs and yolks, sugar, milk, cream, nutmeg and cinnamon in a jug, then pour evenly over the bread. Wrap the dish in cling film, then chill for at least an hour.
  3. Heat the oven to 170°C/150°C fan/gas 3½. Sprinkle the demerara sugar over the top of the pudding, then bake for 1 hour or until the custard is set and the bread is golden.
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Nutrition

  • 464kcals Calories
  • 20.1g (10.6g saturated) Fat
  • 12.1g Protein
  • 57.9g (36.1g sugars) Carbs
  • 1.8g Fibre
  • 0.7g Salt

Quick wins & tips

For an even more decadent dessert, use brioche instead of bread.

Make Ahead

Make the pudding to the end of step 2 up to 24 hours in advance. Cover and chill.

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