Best Tropical Bread Pudding Recipes

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place half of the bread cubes in a 2-cup baking dish coated with cooking spray. Combine the banana, pineapple, coconut and lemon juice; spoon over bread cubes. Top with remaining bread cubes., In a bowl, beat the egg and brown sugar. Add the cream and vanilla; mix well. Pour over bread and press down slightly. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°.

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Lightly butter a 9x13x2 baking dish. Arrange 1/2 the bread, bananas and pineapple in the dish, then the remaining bread, bananas and pineapple. Bring cream and coconut milk to a simmer in a large saucepan. Remove from heat. Whisk sugars, egg yolks and allspice or cinnamon in a large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in warm cream mixture. Cool custard slightly. Pour custard over bread. Press gently to submerge into custard. Let stand until custard is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Bake until custard is set and top is golden, about 55 minutes. Sprinkle with coconut shavings and serve. For the sauce, cream the butter and sugar in a small saucepan. Add the vanilla. Slowly stir in the egg, then add the rum and coconut milk. Stir over low heat about 5 minutes. Serve warm over the pudding.

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter a shallow 2-quart casserole.
• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs with milk, pineapple, 1/2 cup coconut, vanilla, rum, sugar and salt.
• Mix in bread cubes.
• Spoon into prepared dish and top with remaining cup coconut.
• Bake pudding 1 hour.
• Serve warm with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream or a custard sauce.

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Do ahead of time: If the bread is not stale, cut into cubes, place on a large cookie sheet and put into a 200 deg. F oven for 45 to 60 minutes until it's dried.
• 2. Pre-heat your over to 350 deg. F
• 3. Combine the first seven (7) ingredients in a large saucepan over medium heat until the brown sugar is thoroughly dissolved, whisking occasionally. Don't let the milk boil.
• 4. Put the cubed bread in a large mixing bowl. Slowly pour the milk mixture over the bread and gently fold together to coat all of the bread. Add the beaten eggs, the mashed banana, the ½ cup of coconut and ½ cup of the macadamia nuts. Fold everything together and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
• 5. Pour everything into a lightly greased 9 x 13 baking dish and sprinkle the remaining nuts over the top. Bake for 45 minutes, remove from the oven and sprinkle on the pineapple chunks and remaining coconut. Return to the oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING WITH GRILLED BANANAS AND VANILLA RUM ANGLAISE

Steps:

• Cut cake into toast-size slices; spread 1 side with softened butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg. Lightly brown the buttered sides in a large skillet while preparing other sides the same way. After cooking both sides, remove toasted cake from skillet and place on a plate with about 1/3 cup melted vanilla ice cream, allowing cake to soak up the melted ice cream from the bottom.
• Peel bananas and set aside.
• In skillet over medium heat, melt 1 stick butter. Add orange juice and stir in brown sugar. Stir constantly over medium-low heat until mixture completely liquefies. Add bananas to coat, cooking for about 2 minutes. Remove bananas to grill and continue to cook until tender. Remove sauce from heat, add 2 tablespoons rum, and baste bananas with sauce while grilling. When bananas are cooked to your liking, return them to the skillet with the sauce. Slice as desired; diagonally works best.
• Stir the remainder of the ice cream into a bowl of whipped cream and add 1 tablespoon rum.
• Place a piece of cake on a dessert plate, cover with sliced grilled bananas, top with brown sugar sauce, and ladle vanilla rum sauce around the cake. Sprinkle with toasted coconut and serve.

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly coat a 1 1/2 quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place cubed bread in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
• In another bowl, mix remaining ingredients until well blended. Pour over the bread and stir to moisten bread.
• Pour mixture into the baking dish. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack. May be served warm or room temperature. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

TROPICAL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat milk and coocnut cream with half the sugar. Beat egg yolks with remaining sugar and add hot milk mixture slowly. Stirr in vanilla. Spread cubes in a 13 x9 baking pan. Pour egg/ milk mixture over it and let soak for 15 min. Add apricots and coconut. Place in a bain marie and bake covered for 1 hour at 350 F Remove foil and bake untill top is slightly golden (5-10 min.)