Orange and Dark Chocolate Bread Pudding (Like Hot, Fluffy Jaffa Cakes!)
Orange and dark chocolate bread pudding taste just like hot, fluffy Jaffa Cakes! If you love orange and chocolate, these are calling your name!
Orange and dark chocolate bread pudding will be a favorite in your household, if your family is anything like mine!
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I was lucky enough to have one of my recipes, turkey schnitzel with leeks and butter sage sauce, selected as a Community Pick on Food52’s website a couple of months ago.
Since other Food52 members had volunteered to test my recipe, I felt it was only right to return the favor and test a recipe the next month. The theme was “Your Best Stale Bread” and I have to admit, there weren’t a lot of recipes that jumped out at me and said, “Test me, test me!”
As I perused the list of recipes, I kept returning to a Pandoro Bread Pudding recipe with Chocolate and Orange. The only problem was, I wanted to make the recipe exactly as stated, because if I didn’t, it wouldn’t be fair to the entrant. However, I don’t like marmalade, and the recipe instructed that marmalade be placed at the bottom of each ramekin. To make a long story short, I bit the bullet and tested the recipe as it was.
Oh. My. God.
It was so delicious, I was truly shocked! Mostly because I loved the marmalade together with the dark chocolate! It reminded me of a hot, fluffy Jaffa Cake! For those of you who don’t know what a Jaffa Cake is, it is a British cake-type cookie (here is a brilliantly written article on mysterious Jaffa Cakes here).
Kumquat marmalade would be delicious in this bread puddings, too!
Jaffas have an orange jelly filling, and are topped with dark chocolate. Of course I gave the recipe a written “standing ovation” of a review. The entrant was Suzanne from apuginthekitchen, and I told her I had raved about her dessert to the Food52 editors! You can find her original dessert recipe here.
I made these orange and dark chocolate bread puddings with one less cup of cream and more marmalade as Suzanne accidentally missed the cream when submitting the recipe to Food52. I loved it the way it turned out. I’ve also made these more than once and have found panettone or a brioche bread to be equally good in this recipe.
I hope you enjoy orange and dark chocolate bread puddings as much as I do. It’s a perfect wintertime dessert!
Orange & Dark Chocolate Bread Pudding
adapted from Pandoro Bread Pudding with Chocolate and Orange by Suzanne (apuginthekitchen)
8 buttered, 3 1/2″ ramekins (mine are made by Revol, I love everything they make!)
Preheat oven to 350º F (175º C)
Ingredients
- 8 oz Pandoro or plain panettone, cut into cubes (let dry a bit)
- 6 eggs
- 1/4 cup (2 oz) sugar
- 1 cup (8 oz) milk
- 1 cup (8 oz) half and half
- 8 Tbsp orange marmalade
- 4 oz good quality, dark chocolate, chopped into pieces
- boiling water
Beat the eggs in a large bowl, then add the sugar and continue to whisk. Once well beaten, add the milk and half and half. Next, stir in the bread cubes, and add the chocolate.
Place a teaspoon of marmalade into each ramekin.
Fill the ramekins with the egg, bread and chocolate mixture.
Place all the filled ramekins into a deep tray and fill with boiling water until it reaches halfway up the ramekins.
Place in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until custard is set.
Remove from bain marie and let cool for a few minutes before serving, reminding everyone that the dishes are just out of the oven.
Serve the orange and chocolate bread pudding ~
These will be one of the best desserts you’ll ever have or serve!
Enjoy these orange and dark chocolate bread puddings. Can you just see how fluffy and delectable they look?
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Orange and Dark Chocolate Bread Puddings (Like Hot, Fluffy Jaffa Cakes!)
Special Equipment
- 8 3 ½ inch ramekins
Ingredients
- 8 oz Pandoro panettone, or brioche breads cut into cubes (let dry a bit)
- 6 eggs
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup half and half
- 8 Tbsp orange marmalade
- 4 oz dark chocolate like Green & Black’s 70% chopped into pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F (175º C)
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl, then add the sugar and continue to whisk. Once well beaten, add the milk and half and half. Next, stir in the bread cubes, and add the chocolate.
- Place a teaspoon of marmalade into each ramekin.
- Fill the ramekins with the egg, bread and chocolate mixture.
- Place all the filled ramekins into a deep tray and fill with boiling water until it reaches halfway up the ramekins.
- Place in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until custard is set.
- Remove from bain marie and let cool for a few minutes before serving, reminding everyone that the dishes are just out of the oven.
Notes
- Use quality ingredients for the best results.
Nutrition
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Can I make this dish in a casserole dish?
Absolutely, Amy! I just did individual ramekins, but a casserole dish is actually more traditional for bread and butter puddings :)
Reviewing a second time because “yeah baby” these are just amazing. Like you say, like hot fluffy Jaffa cakes, and the amazing combo of two lovely ingredients, dark chocolate and marmalade!! Love, love, love.
Lovely! Thank you so much, Tara! I agree! :)
Is your recipe the one to go with, Christina? The other one is quite different with a cup less of liquid and only three ramekins.
Hi Teri, you can choose to use either one, but if you read the body of my post, you’ll see that Suzanne forgot to add the cream in the original recipe. You can also see that Tara has reviewed this twice because she loves it so much. Let us know how it goes :)
I have made these deserts a few times and love them. I think they are better than the original Jaffa Cakes as they are lovely and moist….the Jaffa Cakes I get here in the States are usually dry {my husband says the imported ones are foostie ]. Don’t know if that is the correct spelling . I make them exactly as the recipe says and find they are to-die-for! Thanks for another great recipe!
This recipe is calling my name SO loud! However, my husband’s chemo pills state no grapefruit or marmalade made with Seville oranges can be eaten due to an unfavorable reaction (Seville oranges are an orange/grapefruit hybrid). Can you recommend any marmalade that is definitely not made with Seville oranges? Thanks so much – we both love marmalade!
Hi again, Sandi! Yes, my dad can’t have anything grapefruit either. My suggestion would be to make your own marmalade with regular oranges so you know for sure. I know most marmalade is made with Seville oranges. I have a recipe for kumquat jam and will soon be posting a Drambuie marmalade recipe which is made with regular oranges, too. In a pinch, you could chop up some orange and skin with sugar and water and make a quick “jam” just to use in this recipe! Let me know what you decide! CC
Oh my! Yet another great recipe.
Made it twice for family gatherings, and each time if there was any leftovers, it was a bit of a fight to share out to them.
Grandson was not too keen on my chunky-cut marmalade, although he loved the flavour.
I think marmalade is not a children’s favourite texture, but I’m sure it will become one with this recipe!
Thank you Christina, as always.
Val
Thank you for letting me know, Val! Haha, maybe I’m still a child as I don’t like marmalade, but as you said, I’ve learned to love it in this dessert! Love orange and chocolate together. Thanks so much for your lovely review! :) CC