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Originally Posted on Design*Sponge Online
Recipe and Photography by Tracy Bull of Happy Owl Glassworks

Tracy is the owner of Happy Owl Glassworks and has a studio outside Boston, MA. In addition to glass and illustration, she dabbles with many different fine crafts. When she’s not working with her business, her other part-time job is being a mother. She loves to work with food and looks forward to the day she can share that skill with her daughter.

Chocolate Bread Pudding with Cardamom Whipped Cream

A few notes, first off: This recipe can be changed on a whim to suit your fancy! Add nuts, citrus zest, berries or anything, really (just add these at the end step with the chocolate chips). You could also do sourdough for a completely different flavor. For a truly decadent version, use chocolate cake in place of the bread—it is delicious!

Bread Pudding:

3 c. Milk (I use 2%)
4 oz. Unsweetened Chocolate, chopped into chunks
2 T Butter
1 c. Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
1 c. Cream
4 Eggs
1 Loaf Challah or other sweet bread*, crusts removed and the rest ripped into chunks
1 c. Chocolate Chips

Preheat your oven to 350°. Butter a 9” x 11” pan and set aside.

In a saucepan, heat the milk, unsweetened chocolate and butter. Stir occasionally over medium-high heat. Once it gets near melting, whisk it so that it mixes well (but don’t whisk it to frothing). Stir in the sugar and set aside. In a large bowl, mix the eggs, cream and vanilla. Whisk in the milk mixture and crumble in the bread. Now stir in the chocolate chips. Pour this into your pan. I do a ‘water bath’ for the pan: put a small layer of water in an 11” x 14” (or so) baking sheet, and put the bread pudding pan in the baking sheet (like it’s swimming!). Now bake for about an hour or until it’s set in the center. Cool for about another hour before cutting. Refrigerate. You can eat it cold as I like to, or it can be re-heated for a chilly winter night. Whatever your preference, it goes great with…

Cardamom Whipped Cream:

1 c. Heavy Cream
1-2 T Sugar (or to taste)
1/4 tsp Ground Cardamom (or to taste)

Mix the sugar and cardamom in a small dish. Put the cream in a bowl and, with the whisk attachment of Kitchenaid or mixer, whip. Add the sugar mixture while it’s whipping and continue whipping at a high speed until peaks form (you can “under-whisk” them so that it is more of a sauce, if preferred). Now garnish your delicious bread pudding with a dollop or two of the cream. Enjoy!

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I plan on trying this out, TONIGHT!