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    Home » Desserts » Other Desserts » German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

    German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

    Published: Feb 20, 2015 · Modified: Mar 27, 2019 by Kate · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

    Bread pudding combines two of my favorite things - bread and dessert. This German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding takes that a step farther and throws in a few more favorites - coconut, chocolate, and pecans.

    One of the things that I don't love about bread pudding, though, is how sweet they can be. So often, they're super sweet and then they're topped with some sort of sweet sauce. I like to keep the amount of sugar down by skipping the sugar in the pudding and topping it with a sweet coconut topping and caramel-y brown sugar sauce.

    Try it warm for some lightened up comfort food, or try it cold for an awesome dessert that rivals ice cream in its deliciousness.

    German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

    German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

    German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes
    Servings: 12 servings
    Calories: 301kcal
    Author: Kate @ I Heart Eating

    Ingredients

    • 12 oz loaf French bread
    • 2 c half-and-half fat-free or regular
    • 4 large eggs
    • ¼ c . unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1 teaspoon . vanilla extract

    Topping

    • ½ c . shredded coconut
    • ½ c . brown sugar
    • 2 T . butter
    • 2 T . fat-free half-and-half
    • ¼ c . chopped pecans

    Sauce

    • ½ c . brown sugar
    • 2 T . butter
    • 2 T . fat-free half-and-half

    Instructions

    • For the bread pudding, grease a 2.2 quart baking dish.
    • Cut bread into cubes, and add half to a baking dish.
    • In a medium bowl, whisk together half and half, eggs, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract.
    • Pour half over bread cubes.
    • Repeat with remaining bread and chocolate mixture.
    • Let the bread stand to absorb some of the liquid while you heat oven to 325 F.
    • Bake for 40-55 minutes, or until done. If it starts to get too brown, tent with foil.
    • Remove from oven, and turn oven to broil.
    • Mix together topping ingredients, and spread over the top of the warm bread pudding.
    • Return to oven, and broil for 2-3 minutes, or until hot and bubbly and just beginning to brown.
    • Remove from oven.
    • Just before serving, heat butter and brown sugar in microwave for 30 seconds.
    • Stir in half and half, and continue to stir and heat in 15 second intervals until brown sugar has melted.
    • Serve hot or cold topped with sauce.

    Notes

    Nutrition values are estimates. 

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 236mg | Potassium: 192mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 1.8mg
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    Kate got her first cookbook when she was five years old, and she hasn't stopped cooking since then! Her delicious recipes have been featured on Food Network, MSN, Better Homes & Gardens, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, and more. When she's not cooking or baking, she can be found on her mini farm with her husband and her five kids.

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    Comments

    1. Betsy

      January 05, 2019 at 5:34 pm

      This is so good! Easy to make and perfect for a dinner party dessert. I added a pinch of salt in the bread part and a pinch in the sauce. I made it by the recipe other than the pinches of salt. Next time I plan to increase the cocoa to 1/3 of a cup. I didn’t feel like the taste of chocolate was strong enough for me personally. Everything else was perfect!

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      • Kate

        January 06, 2019 at 10:20 am

        I'm so glad that you liked it! Yes, I kept the chocolate flavor on the milder side, and it sounds like you know just what to do to adjust that. =) Thank you for coming back to comment!

        Reply
    2. Jaggs

      February 22, 2015 at 10:54 am

      This really sounds great...in fact I plan to make it real soon...just sharing a littlt info...German Chocolate cake is called so because German chocolate is used in the making of...just because coconut and pecans are added does not make it German chocolate...a lot of people make that mistake...and yes German chocolate has a flavor all it's own.

      Reply
      • Kate

        February 23, 2015 at 4:34 pm

        Thank you! =)

        Reply
    3. Shelby @ Go Eat and Repeat

      February 21, 2015 at 8:49 pm

      5 stars
      This bread pudding looks amazing! What a great idea!

      Reply
      • Kate

        February 21, 2015 at 10:16 pm

        Thank you! =)

        Reply
    4. Thalia @ butter and brioche

      February 21, 2015 at 12:44 am

      This definitely puts any bread pudding I have ever made before to shame.. this german chocolate cake bread pudding looks so wickedly and delicious and I can imagine tasted incredible!

      Reply
      • Kate

        February 21, 2015 at 10:19 pm

        That's very kind of you to say. Thank you!

        Reply

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