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Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe

A traditional South African pudding recipe to get you into the sweet swing of things

Bread and Butter Pudding is a traditional South African dessert, best served hot with golden syrup, jam or honey and a good dollop of fresh cream!

Bread and Butter Pudding
Courtesy Hope family recipes

  • ½ litre milk
  • 1 tablespoon margarine
  • ½ loaf bread
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • optional sultanas | raisins
  • 2 egg whites whipped stiff with 3 tablespoons sugar


How to make the best Bread & Butter Pudding in South Africa

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
  • Warm the milk and margarine.
  • Break ½ loaf of white bread into blocks.
  • Add vanilla essence, egg yolks, eggs and sugar.
  • Pour warm milk over mixture
  • Beat well until like custard.
  • Add optionals.
  • Put into greased pan and
  • Bake at 180 degrees for 45 minutes
  • (in the mean time 2 egg whites whipped stiff with 3 tablespoons sugar)
  • Take pudding from oven and allow to set 
  • Spread with jam and cover with stiff egg whites.
  • Brown in oven.

Serve warm with golden syrup, jam, honey, and/or cream.
For more inspired recipes, be sure to check out our Recipes Section.

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