A family recipe, a little Ringtons magic and a whole lot of inspiration
Tea Cake Bread and Butter Pudding
Know that feeling when you fancy something sweet, but there’s not much in the kitchen to work with? Sometimes, the best recipes come from making something brilliant out of what you already have.
That’s exactly how this one came about.
Holly, the mastermind behind many of the limited-edition treats you know and love from the Ringtons basket, comes from a family with a real knack for turning simple ingredients into something special.
Her mum and dad recently took one of our Ringtons Tea Cakes and gave a classic bread and butter pudding a Ringtons twist. The result was too good not to share: golden and crisp on top, soft and comforting underneath, with the Tea Cake doing most of the hard work when it comes to flavour.
As Holly’s dad quite rightly pointed out, the Tea Cake should be the star of the show – so they’ve kept the recipe deliberately simple. You can add extras if you fancy, but you really don’t need to.
Ingredients
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1 Ringtons Tea Cake
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2–3 large eggs
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500ml full-fat milk
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2 tbsp caster sugar
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Butter, for spreading and greasing
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A little extra sugar, for sprinkling
Method
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Preheat your oven to 180°C.
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Lightly butter a medium-sized ovenproof dish.
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Cut the Tea Cake into slices and butter each slice on both sides. Arrange in overlapping layers in the dish.
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Lightly beat the eggs in a jug with a fork. Add the milk and sugar and mix well.
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Pour the mixture evenly over the Tea Cake, gently pressing the slices down with the back of a fork to help them soak it up.
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Leave to stand for around 20 minutes so the Tea Cake can absorb the custard mixture.
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Sprinkle a little extra sugar over the top, then bake for 40–45 minutes. It’s ready when the top is golden and crisp, the edges of the Tea Cake have browned and the pudding has puffed up.
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Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 5–10 minutes before serving.
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Serve warm with cream or ice cream. Or, as Holly’s family would recommend, both.
Make it your own
We’ve kept this version simple so the flavour of the Tea Cake can really shine, but it’s also an easy recipe to play around with. Try adding a handful of sultanas or chocolate chips, or swap a little of the milk for cream if you want to make it richer.
What do you make with your Ringtons favourites?
This recipe got us thinking, what brilliant things are being made in kitchens with Ringtons products up and down the country?
Maybe you’ve got a family recipe that always uses Ringtons Tea, a clever way of transforming leftover cake or biscuits, or a bake that’s become a firm favourite over the years.
We’d love to see it. Send us your Ringtons creations and the stories behind them, and we’ll be sharing some of our favourites online over the coming months.