This slow cooker bread pudding with hot cross buns proved a real hit on the Maison Cupcake Facebook page. A whopping 22 of you shared it!
It’s so easy there’s barely a recipe but for completeness for my archives I am recording the recipe on the blog today.
I am also submitting it as my first entry as new co-host to Bake of the Week. Helen at Casa Costello has been merrily hosting Bake of the Week for ages but she’s taking a half step back to run it on a fortnightly basis with myself as she reboots her Aardvark Cakes baking business.
So thank you to Helen for letting me co-host this long running linky with her and I hope we can find lots of new regular folks who will add Bake of the Week to their linky regulars!
If you’ve not come across Bake of the Week before, let me sell it to you on the basis that there will always be a full round up AND lots of shares to social media rather than taking a gamble whether you get featured!
Slow cooker bread pudding with hot cross buns
Ingredients
- 5-6 hot cross buns
- butter to spread on the buns
- 3 large eggs
- 150 ml milk
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp demerara sugar
- parchment paper to line the slow cooker
Instructions
- Take half a dozen hot cross buns (using up old ones is fine!).
- Line a crockpot or slow cooker with parchment paper.
- Slice and butter the hot cross buns, then cut them in half vertically.
- Arrange the bun pieces in the crockpot.
- Beat 3 large eggs with 150ml milk and 1 tablespoon sugar. Pour over the buns.
- Scatter with some brown sugar and slow cook on low setting for 2 hours.
- Serve warm with custard! Yummy!
For an alternative bread and butter pudding check out my Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding – it’s made in the oven but feel free to experiment with it in the slow cooker!
March 1st Bake of the Week Round Up
We have seven entrants this week. Click on the pictures to try out these recipes!
How to submit your recipe to Bake of the Week
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Ways to share the Bake of the Week entries
- Use #BakeoftheWeek hashtag on Twitter (I will RT those I see)
- Yum other entries – the Yummly bookmarklet makes this super fast!
- Pin other entries – the Pinterest bookmarklet makes this super fast!
- Stumble other entries – many blogs have StumbleUpon buttons making this easy
You can also make it easier for readers to return the favour by using some good social media buttons such as Shareaholic (WordPress plug-in) or buttons built into Blogger.
Thanks to everyone who took part this week and I look forward to seeing lots of your entries in the next round up then hosting again in two weeks’ time!
Fabulous roundup and that bread & butter pudding looks immense! Looking forward to co-hosting #Bakeoftheweek with you x
Thanks for letting me co-host! It’s a pleasure!
I love Hot Cross Buns and I try to be good and save them for Easter. This looks lovely to have as pudding on Good Friday.
Yes it’s perfect for Good Friday but I think you can sneak an extra one in beforehand as practice!!!
Ooh it’s that lovely hot cross bun pud I saw on Facebook again! So good. Thanks for featuring my brioche, I have some creme egg cookie bars to send over this week.
They sound marvellous Lucy! Can’t wait!
It seems I forgot to come back and add my link, doh!
Next week? Is live on Casa Costello now
Delicious looking pudding buns 🙂 I’ve never used slow cooker in baking
The round up is mouth watering 🙂 Thank you Sarah for hosting this party
Thanks Winnie! I look forward to seeing your entries in future weeks!
I love slow cooker baking and I think hot cross buns make a really tasty bread pudding too
It’s a great way to use them up – we’d bought a BOGOF offer so were overrun with them!!!
Ah this sounds divine! Love hot cross buns and LOVE bread & butter pudding so this sounds like the perfect Easter dessert for me!
And it’s easy too! Win win!
Oh wow that pud looks incredible! I really need a slow cooker…and to start eating sugar again!!! Thank you for featuring my granola bars!
I think you could sub the sugar here with an artificial sweetener if you’re ok with those. But some demerara on top does give it an extra glow!
I am LOVING the idea of bread and butter pudding made with hot cross buns in a slow cooker… AMAZEBALLS!!!!!
It’s so easy Katie, you must try it.
What a lovely round up . The bread pudding looks delicious, would be great with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
Yes it would and I actually prefer that to custard 🙂
Amazing selection of bakes. Loving those mini bundts!
They’re sweet aren’t they – I always think a cake looks more fabulous as a bundt!
i love hot cross buns and this is a lovely way of making a dessert from them. Sounds yummy.
thank you so much for featuring my cake from last week 🙂
I need that bread and butter pudding in my life!! Looks amazing! Lots of lovely Easter treats to look forward to. 🙂