Chocolate Babka Bread Pudding

Chocolate Babka Bread is transformed into a delectable bread pudding dessert full of chocolate, walnuts in a delicious custard then topped with a sweet vanilla sauce. It's like a spring party in your mouth!

 Oh my word!  This bread pudding is delish! 

Bread pudding is such a great way to enjoy leftover Babka bread. A chocolate paradise in every bite. 

What is Babka Bread?

According to Wikipedia: 

"Babka may refer to: Babka (bread), a sweet leavened bread made with a rich dough (often containing raisins or chocolate), which is made for Easter Sunday to celebrate the rising of Christ."

You can find chocolate babka bread at your grocer's or at some bakeries in the spring time. 

This bread pudding recipe is easy to make. However, you will need to plan a little time to allow the custard to soak into the bread thoroughly.  Using a slightly stale, day old type bread will give you the best results. 

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Dessert, chocolate

American

Yield: 12 servings

Author: Renee Paj

Chocolate Babka Bread Pudding

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 1 HourInactive time: 2 H & 15 MTotal time: 3 H & 25 M

Leftover, day old Chocolate Babka Bread is transformed into this delectable bread pudding dessert with chocolate and walnuts and drizzled with a vanilla sauce

Ingredients

For the bread pudding

• 1 loaf (about 16 oz.) cubed, day-old, Chocolate Babka Bread
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 cups 2% milk (can be part half and half for a richer bread pudding)
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

For the vanilla sauce

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
• 1- 1 1/2 TBSP milk
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Spray 13" x 9" baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange cubed bread in baking dish. Set aside.
2. In large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, salt and 1/4 cup melted butter. Pour over bread cubes, making sure all pieces are coated in custard mixture and pressing cubes down with a fork. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil and refrigerate for several hours or over night, to allow the bread cubes to soak up most of the custard.
3. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Take pudding out of refrigerator while oven heats up and remove the foil.
4. Bake in oven, uncovered, for 50 - 60 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 - 15 minutes before serving. While bread pudding is cooling, make the vanilla sauce.
5. For Vanilla Sauce: Whisk together all sauce ingredients to make a thick sauce. Drizzle over warm bread pudding.( I really don't measure any of the sauce ingredients. I use a one cup measure for the sugar, but go heavy and just eyeball the other ingredients (except the butter). If you find your sauce is a little thin, add more sugar, if it's a little thick, more milk.)

Nutrition Facts

Calories

149.34

Fat (grams)

7.45 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

4.23 g

Cholesterol (grams)

78.87 mg

Carbs (grams)

16.98 g

Fiber (grams)

0.11 g

Sugar (grams)

16.69 g

Net carbs

16.87 g

Protein (grams)

3.84 g

Sodium (milligrams)

148.58 mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate and only provided as a courtesy

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