POUND CAKE BREAD PUDDING

Pound Cake Bread Pudding image

Provided by Susan Bartley

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 14

6 c pound cake, cubed, can use stale or fresh
1 c dried cherries
1 qt half and half
3 large eggs, room temp
2 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 c sugar
TOPPING
4 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp all purpose flour
1 c heavy cream
1/2 c sugar
1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Steps:

1. Pre heat oven to 350.
2. Cube pound cake and place in 9"x12" baking pan, add dried cherries and toss. Now mix the milk, eggs, vanilla and sugar together till well blended and pour over pound cake and dried cherries.
3. Place in 350 oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes or till a knife inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and set baking dish on a cooling rack to cool.
4. While your pudding is cooling some. Combine sugar and cream in small bowl and set aside. In medium sauce pan melt butter over medium heat, now add flour to make a rue. Cook rue stirring constantly for about 5 minutes, if it starts to brown turn down the heat. Slowly add cream mixture to the rue stirring constantly and continue cooking till mixture thickens. When it reaches a gravy like thickness add vanilla and spices. Pour hot mixture over finished bread pudding, serve pudding warm. Store left overs in the fridge. Enjoy!