Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipes

Ingredients

• 9 slices, each ? inch (5 mm) thick, good-quality white bread, 1 day old, taken from a large loaf
• 5 oz (150 g) dark chocolate (75 per cent cocoa solids)
• 3 oz (75 g) butter (about 5 tablespoons)
• 15 fl oz (425 ml) whipping cream (1.9 cups)
• 4 tablespoons dark rum
• 4 oz (110 g) caster sugar (1/2 cup - this is superfine sugar ???but you can use regular, just takes longer for sugar to dissolve)
• good pinch cinnamon
• 3 large eggs
• Prepare
• Double cream, well chilled or vanilla ice cream
• A shallow ovenproof dish 7 x 9 inches (18 x 23 cm) base x 2 inches (5 cm) deep, lightly buttered
• Direction
• 1.Remove the crusts from the slices of bread, which should leave you with 9 pieces about 4 inches (10 cm) square