Hot Cross Buns Pudding
Equipment
- oven
- Baking dish (2 liter)
Ingredients
- 6 9 to 10 cm hot cross buns
- 40 g Butter
- 2 Tbsp Marmalade (or any jam)
- 2 Tbsp Frozen fruits
- 1 tsp Powdered sugar For dusting
Custard
- 6 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups Milk and/or cream or a mixture of any portion The more milk, the firmer the custard
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence (I don't vanilla in my home bakes anymore)
Instructions
- Oven should be set at 160C.
Custard
- Mix all the ingredients well. But don't overbeat.
Hot cross buns
- Split the buns horizontally.
- Butter the top half, and spread the jam on the bottom half.
- Coat the baking dish with butter and then arrange the buns on them. For the top, the cross on top. For the bottom, the jam side up.
- Sprinkle the fruits on top of the bottom of the buns.
Put together
- Pour the custard over the buns, leave it to stand for 10 minutes so that the buns are soaked.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or when the top starts to brown.
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve with whipped cream.