Banana Bread Pudding with Hot Fudge and Toasted Walnuts

My husband, Jim, tasted banana bread pudding at one of his favorite San Francisco restaurants and raved about it for months. He asked me to duplicate it and finally I relented. When he said “banana bread pudding,” I thought he meant a bread pudding made with banana bread. Not exactly what he had in mind. His response was less than enthusiastic, and I realized you can’t have a thin skin when testing new recipes. My second attempt, however, hit the mark: a cream-rich, eggy custard spiked with