Ingredients
1 Jackson’s white champion bloomer
130g of butter
300ml of milk
2 large eggs
6 egg yolks
4 tbsp light brown sugar
475ml orange juice
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
300ml double cream
300g medjool dates, pitted
60ml black treacle
200g hazelnut chocolate spread
Custard or single cream to serve
Method
- In a bowl, add the dates and orange juice and leave to soak.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, egg yolk and brown sugar until creamy.
- Next, pour the milk, cream, vanilla and treacle into a saucepan and leave over a medium heat. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and pour over your eggy mixture. Stir this until smooth and set aside.
- Butter both sides of the white bloomer slices and then spread one side of each slice with the chocolate spread. Cut each slice horizontally in half and stack each slice on its side in a deep and greased ovenproof dish.
- Pour your custard mix over the bread and leave to soak for 25-30 minutes.
- Whilst waiting, drain the dates from the orange juice and heat the oven to 170 degrees.
- Scatter the dates over the custard bread and bake for 35-40 minutes, until the custard has set, and the top is golden brown.
- Once baked, leave for 5 minutes before serving with pouring cream, more custard or chocolate sauce. Tuck in!