Raspberry & Orange Bread and Butter Pudding

INGREDIENTS:
- 8 Slices Bread, day old sliced diagonally
- 2 Eggs
- 300ml Cream
- 200g Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 50g Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 50g Raspberries
- Zest of Half an Orange

METHOD:
- Preheat the oven to 150C/170C Fan/Gas Mark 5.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together the eggs along with the cream, half of the orange zest, vanilla essence and most of the sugar - reserve a little back for sprinkling on top.
- Butter both sides of each slice of bread and layer up in a suitable baking dish, pour over the custard mixture and top with the raspberries and the remaining sugar. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until the custard has set and is golden in colour.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving, garnish with the remaining orange zest and serve with whipped cream or fresh vanilla custard.