This Banana Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce is a rich and decadent dessert that not only tastes good, but it looks impressive and is simple to make.
Who doesn't love bread pudding? Seriously. I want to know who. If you aren't sure if you like bread pudding because you've never had it, start with this recipe and you'll be hooked. I made this (pretty darn delicious, if I do say so myself) bread pudding when I was visiting my sister. When I got to her house for my week long visit, I asked: "what kind of things do you want me to cook this week?" She promptly replied: "ratatouille with goat cheese polenta, bacon wrapped dates, and bread pudding." She asked and I delivered, just not all in the same night. I did do something, however, that I don't recommend. I made both the bacon wrapped dates and the bread pudding in the same morning and ate way too much of both. Yeah. You should be smarter and healthier than me. Or don't. You only live once, right?
Just look at how these beauties puff up while they're cooking. As with anything made with a lot of eggs, they deflate once they come out of the hot oven, but only a little bit. And to be honest, you need them to deflate a bit so you can have a nice well to pour that glorious caramel spiced rum sauce all over everything. See that cute little hand pouring that sauce that I just wanted to drink? That's my awesome foodie-in-training son, not even in kindergarten yet, but a freakin' pro when it comes to pouring sauces or holding bites of food steady for the camera. He's my assistant and I pay him in food.
Banana Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce
Ingredients
Banana Bread Pudding:
- 1/4 cup blanched almond slivers ( or pecans)
- 2 tablespoons spiced rum
- 1/4 cup spiced rum
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 5 tablespoons sugar (divided)
- 4 ripe bananas (sliced)
- 8 ounces challah (cut into 1 inch cubes (about 5 cups))
- 2 cups half and half
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
Rum Sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons spiced rum
Instructions
To make the banana bread pudding:
- In shallow pan, lightly toast nuts. Set aside.
- In saute pan, cook butter, 2 tablespoons rum, and 2 tablespoons sugar over medium heat until bubbly. Turn heat to low, add bananas and nuts, toss to coat evenly. Cook for 2 minutes, then remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease six 8 ounce ramekins or an 8x8 baking dish and place on rimmed baking sheet.
- Place half of the bread in the greased dish(es). Evenly top with the banana nut mixture. Cover evenly with remaining bread.
- In a separate bowl, combine half and half, eggs, vanilla, 1/4 cup spiced rum and remaining 3 tablespoons of sugar. Whisk to combine. Pour evenly over bread mixture until all liquid is used. Gently press bread into liquid to full absorb. Allow mixture to rest a minimum of 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake 45 minutes until puffed and golden and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
To make the rum sauce:
- In sauce pan over medium high heat, melt butter. Add heavy cream, sugar and salt. Stir to combine and bring to boil. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
Serve banana bread pudding warm and top with rum sauce.
Notes
NUTRITION INFORMATION
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Abigail Raines
The spice rum is everything!!! This is my kind of dessert, sweet but not overwhelming and also not too heavy!
Dolly
Always looking for a new recipe to make with my Bananas I have left at the end of the week! This one is totally unique! Love it.
Toni
I love how flavorful this is! Thanks for the recipe!
Luci
You can never go wrong with banana bread pudding! The rum sauce was tasty and rich in flavor!
Kushigalu
How delicious is this dessert. Can't wait to give this pudding a try!
stephanie
I love banana bread pudding, this recipe looks amazing I can't wait to try it.