Bread and Butter Pudding

This was another classic from my childhood – it must have been a recipe in The Kenya Settlers’ Cookery Book. I remember our cook triumphantly carrying it along the corridor from the kitchen to the dining room, delighted with his golden, puffed-up pudding made from day-old bread. He made the best bread and butter pudding I have ever had, sometimes with raisins, other times with jam or marmalade, but always light and creamy. Variations of this old-fashi