Heavenly Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese & sweetened condensed milk. Add in pudding mix, milk and vanilla and beat until completely mixed. In a separate bowl, beat heavy cream until soft peaks form. Add powdered sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Set 1 1/2 cups aside. Fold remaining whipped cream into pudding mixture. Line the bottom of a large trifle dish or bowl with with vanilla wafers, top with 1 sliced banana. Spread 1 1/2 cups of pudding mixture over top. Repeat layers 3 more times ending with pudding.Top with remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butter the bottom only of a 2-quart casserole or soufflé dish.
• Combine bread cubes and lemon zest in large bowl.
• Set aside.
• Combine whipping cream, milk, sugar, butter and salt in a heavy saucepan.
• Over medium heat, cook until butter melts, stirring occasionally.
• Pour over bread mixture, and toss.
• Allow to cool.
• Lightly beat the egg yolks, then beat in the lemon juice, and stir into the bread mixture.
• Set aside.
• Beat egg whites in large bowl of electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• Do not overbeat.
• Gently fold egg whites into bread mixture.
• Pour bread mixture into prepared dish, and 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.
• Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar, if desired.
• Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.
• NOTE:*If your bread is less than a day old, you can"age" it by placing slices in a 300°F oven for 15 or 20 minutes, or until some of the moisture is baked out.

Steps:

• Heat oven up to 350°F.
• Cut slices of bread into cubes.
• In a saucepan, heat the milk, and butter but do not allow to boil.
• Add the vanilla and sugar, when a bit cooled.
• Pour part of the milk mixture into the beaten eggs and whisk until all blended.
• Pour this mixture back into the milk mixture in the saucepan.
• Add the baking powder and blend until smooth.
• Lay the cubes of bread onto a 8x8 baking dish and pour over it the liquid prepared above.
• Wait 5 minutes for the bread to saturate with mixture.
• Sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until it browns.
• Serve it with a scoop of ice-cream, otherwise, serving with custard sauce is receommended.

Steps:

• Butter the inside of a 1.2 litre pudding bowl and line the base with a disc of buttered greaseproof paper.
• Melt the butter, syrup and sugar in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and stir in the milk and egg. Add the cocoa to the flour, then tip this mixture into the pan with the cinnamon and soda.
• Pour the mixture into the pudding bowl, cover tightly with foil and steam for 11⁄4 hours. Just before the end, heat the sauce ingredients until melted, stirring all the time.
• Turn the pudding out (run a knife around the inside of the bowl if necessary) and discard the paper disc. Pour the sauce over the top and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Soften the gelatin in the cool water for 5 minutes.
• Add the boiling water to the softened gelatin and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
• Put 2 cups of the strawberries in a blender.
• Set the remaining cup of strawberries aside to add later.
• Add the dissolved gelatin mixture to the strawberries in the blender.
• Then add the pineapple and all of the juice from the can.
• Add the sliced banana, sugar, vanilla and coconut extracts and yogurt to blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into a bowl and add the remaining strawberries, mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate until firm.
• Spoon the mixture into eight dessert dishes.
• Garnish with fresh mint.