Cake Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Break the cake into small pieces and place them in a buttered pudding dish.
Prepare a rich custard and pour it over the cake pieces.
Bake
For added flavor, top with coconut frosting before baking.
Bake in the oven until the top is light brown.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Old cake
- Forms the body of the pudding, soaking up custard and holding its shape as it bakes.
- Custard
- Provides moisture and richness, setting around the cake pieces as the pudding bakes.
The step that matters
Bake until the top is light brown. Baking sets the custard so the pudding firms up, while the top browns from the heat. Pulling it too early leaves the custard loose; baking too long can dry it out.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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