Chocolate hot cross bun pudding
By Claire
About This Recipe
This recipe could not be any more Easter if it tried! What a way to use up hot cross buns and Easter eggs!
Instructions
Ingredients
- 6 hot cross buns, halved
- butter, for spreading
- 600ml/20fl oz milk
- 400ml/14fl oz double cream
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 free-range eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150g/5½oz caster sugar
- 200g/7oz leftover milk chocolate egg, broken into pieces
- vanilla ice cream, to serve
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
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Spread butter on each half of hot cross bun and arrange the buns in a large ovenproof dish.
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Gently heat the milk and cream together in a saucepan with the cinnamon stick. Remove from the heat to cool slightly.
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Whisk the eggs together with the vanilla and sugar until pale, then gradually pour in the milk and cream mixture, whisking constantly. Remove the cinnamon stick, then pour the mixture over the hot cross buns and allow to soak in for 15 minutes.
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Place the ovenproof dish in a large baking tray filled halfway up with water. Sprinkle the chocolate pieces over the top and bake for 45 minutes. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream on the side.
Nutritional Information
hot cross buns
butter
milk
double cream
cinnamon
eggs
vanilla extract
caster sugar
milk chocolate
ice cream
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Reviews & Comments
Chocolate hot cross bun pudding
Kevin
very nice