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Heavenly Lemon Bread Pudding

A moist lemon‑flavored bread pudding made with cubes of bread, lemon zest, cream, milk, sugar, butter, eggs, and lemon juice.

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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Heavenly Lemon Bread Pudding

Oven325°F
Time1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter the bottom only of a 2‑quart casserole or soufflé dish.

  2. Combine bread cubes and lemon zest in a large bowl. Set aside.

Make the custard base

  1. Combine whipping cream, milk, sugar, butter, and salt in a heavy saucepan.

  2. Over medium heat, cook until butter melts, stirring occasionally.

  3. Pour the cream mixture over the bread mixture, and toss.

  4. Allow the mixture to cool.

  5. Lightly beat the egg yolks. Beat in the lemon juice.

  6. Stir the mixture into the bread mixture. Set aside.

Bake and serve

  1. Beat egg whites in a large bowl of electric mixer until stiff peaks form. (Do not over‑beat.)

  2. Gently fold egg whites into bread mixture.

  3. Pour bread mixture into prepared dish.

  4. Bake for 1 hour, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from center comes out clean. The top of the pudding should be golden brown.

  5. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

  6. Dust with confectioner's sugar, if desired.

  7. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

896Calories
28 gProtein
32 gFat
124 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites whipped to stiff peaks give the pudding its light, airy lift; yolks enrich the custard.
Bread cubes
Soak up the cream mixture and set into a tender, spoonable body.
Whipping cream
Adds fat and richness, giving a smooth, creamy texture.
Whole milk
Adds moisture and milk proteins that help the custard set softly.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the pudding and contributes to browning on top.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and cuts the richness of the custard.

The step that matters

Folding in the egg whites. Whites beaten to stiff peaks trap air that gives the pudding its lift. Over-beating makes them dry and grainy, and vigorous stirring deflates them, so fold gently until just combined.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, cream, milk, sugar, butter, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, cream, milk, sugar, butter, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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