Diana's Plum Pudding (plum Pudding Of Infamy)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 loaf bread (20 ounce sandwich style bread)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans purple plums, drained, sliced in halves, pitted if necessary
• 2 cups golden raisins, divided
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
• 1 cup melted butter, divided
• 7 eggs
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 dash nutmeg
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons brandy or 2 tablespoons whiskey or 2 tablespoons rum

Recipe

• 1 butter and flour inside of bundt pan.
• 2 remove crusts and ends of the loaf; reserve for another use, if desired.
• 3 divide slices of bread into three even, separate piles.
• 4 cut the first third of bread slices diagonally into fourths (to make 4 triangles).
• 5 arrange these triangles in bottom of bundt pan, fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle to completely cover the bottom and sides of pan.
• 6 arrange 1/2 of the drained plum halves cut-side down on top of bread triangles in the bottom of the pan.
• 7 top the plums with one cup of raisins sprinkled evenly around the layer.
• 8 sprinkle with ½ cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• 9 pour ½ cup melted butter over all.
• 10 cut another third of the bread into triangles, and layer it over the plums and raisins.
• 11 top that layer of bread with the remaining plum halves, raisins, ½ cup sugar, cinnamon, and butter.
• 12 use the last third of bread,cut into triangles, to cover the ingredients int he bundt pan.
• 13 use clean hands to gently press down on bread to compress the ingredients and pack them into the pan, and sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• 14 place bundt pan on baking sheet with sides.
• 15 in a separate large bowl, beat eggs thoroughly, then add cream and mix inches.
• 16 slowly pour egg mixture over top of pan, allowing it to soak into bread layers, being careful not to overfill pan (i used a bamboo skewer to open channels along edges of pan to let more egg mixture seep down. as it soaks in you can add more mixture.).
• 17 sprinkle nutmeg over top and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
• 18 preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in middle position.
• 19 place bundt pan with baking pan in oven for 70 minutes.
• 20 let cool for 20 minutes.
• 21 turn out onto serving platter or cool completely, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
• 22 bring to room temperature before serving (or warm individual slices in microwave).
• 23 dust with powdered sugar.
• 24 for sauce:.
• 25 beat butter until fluffy.
• 26 beat in 1 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon liquor or milk.
• 27 repeat with remaining sugar and liquor or milk.
• 28 beat until smooth and thick, but pourable.
• 29 store covered in refrigerator.
• 30 let stand at room temperature for ½ hour before serving.
• 31 drizzle pudding with hard sauce, soft sauce, or top with ice cream before serving.