Pudding with cake,dry fruits & nuts

 This is an easy to make pudding with sweet and sour taste.Enjoy the sweetness of cake and whipped cream,the sourness of orange juice and dried nuts and fruits in between to bite...:)
Ingredients
Pound cake slices -1 lb
Orange juice- 3/4 cup (enough to soak the cake slices)
Dried fruits & Nuts- 3/4 cup
Heavy whipping cream- 175 ml or 3/4 cup
Granulated sugar -1/4 to 1/2 cup 
Butter - 1 tbsp (optional)
Directions
1. Layer the base of the pan with sliced pound cake.Pour orange juice uniformly over the slices and allow it to soak.
2. Spread the dried fruits and nuts above the cake layer.
3. Beat the whipping cream and butter with a hand mixer.Gradually add sugar and beat until it becomes almost stiff.No need to get stiff peaks.
4. Spread this whipped cream on top of the fruits&nuts, uniformly using a spatula.
5. Keep it in refrigerator for 3-4 hrs and until you are ready to serve.

Recipe courtesy : My friend Rosemary Joe

Biscuit-Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients
Marie biscuits - 20 nos -1 packet
Custard Powder - 4 tbsp
Cocoa Powder- 3 tbsp
Coffee powder- 2tbsp
Milk - 1 1/2 cup
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Whipped cream-3/4 cup
Almonds &Walnuts /Cashew nuts - 1/4 cup Crushed 
Chocolate bar- 1 
Method
1. Make the custard as per the instructions given on its box-: But add the cocoa powder along with custard powder to make custard.(Boil milk in a thick bottomed vessel.add sugar into it.When it is boiling , take some milk from it in a cup,dissolve the custard powder & cocoa powder well,without lumps.Add this back to the boiling milk and stir continuously till it starts to thicken.When the custard is made, remove from heat and allow it to cool.)
2. Make coffee with boiling water and add some sugar.Dip each biscuit in it until it turns slightly soft,Keep /Spread them in the setting dish as a base.
3. Crush the rest of the biscuits into a crunchy powder and keep aside.
4. When the custard is fully cooled, pour it over this biscuit base and spread.
5. Make the next layer with the whipped cream.
6. Spread half of the crunchy biscuit powder and nut above this.
7. Again make/repeat layers with custard ,whipped cream, biscuit powder ,and nuts.
8. Grate the chocolate bar and spread the shavings on the pudding.
9. Keep it in refrigerator for 5-6 hrs, Serve cold in bowls!!
Recipe from Adukala Visesham

Bread Butterscotch Pudding

Ingredients

Bread - 10 slices, cubed , (removing side skin is optional)

Egg-3 at Room Temperature

Sugar- 3/4 Cup (1/2 + 1/4 cup)

Milk- 3 Cup

Butter - 50 gm

Method

1. Separate the white and yellow of the eggs into two different vessels.

2. Beat the yellow with a spoon and add the milk into it.Mix well and keep aside.

3. Caramelise  half cup sugar in a thick bottomed vessel.When the sugar starts melting ,give occasional stirring. 

4.When the sugar is completely caramelised ,it turns golden brown color.Turn off the stove and  add butter to it. It melts ,mix it well with the caramelised sugar.Allow it to cool by removing from the stove and keeping aside .

5.When it is cooled , add the milk- egg yellow mix to the caramel syrup and mix well. If the caramel syrup becomes hard, you can heat it with 1/4 cup water and make it into fluid state . Take care not to add very hot caramel syrup to the egg-milk mix, because the egg will get cooked.

6. Arrange the bread pieces in a buttered baking pan.Pour the caramel syrup- milk mix to it and allow bread pieces to soak in it 

5. Meanwhile beat the egg white,adding 1/4 cup sugar occasionally.Beat it well to a thick meringue stage/stiff peak .

6. Spread the meringue above the soaked bread pieces and mix lightly with it using a fork .Allow it to seep into the bread-caramel syrup mix.

7.Preheat oven to 375 F /180 C and bake for 35-45 minutes .or until the top develops a golden brown color crust. 

8. Cool and keep it in refrigerator.

# Pudding in the picture looks thin because my baking dish was over sized for the quantity of ingredients

Recipe courtesy : Lakshmi Nair - Magic Oven

Bread Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients
Bread- one day old -6 pieces
Chocolate -100 gm ,grated
Milk -1/2 litre,no need to boil
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Egg-2
Note:
I soaked the bread in the baking dish itself and then layered grated chocolate above it .
Method
1. Make bread to small pieces ,and soak them in milk for 10-15 minutes.
2. Add the grated chocolate and vanilla essence and mix well 
3. Beat the eggs with a hand mixer,adding sugar gradually.Beat till the egg -sugar mixture becomes soft and white in color
4. Pour the bread-milk -chocolate mixture to the baking dish 
5. Pour the beaten egg on top of it 
6. Bake it in a pre heated oven at 160-165 degree Celsius or 365 F for 30-40 Minutes
When it is done the beaten egg topping becomes crispy, which melts in our mouth !!
It can be used  as hot pudding and cold pudding