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Sandwich bread cake with prunes and meringue

Sandwich bread cake with prunes and meringue

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A Brazilian dessert: a bread made from soaked bread, layered with a chocolate milk cream and grape jelly, topped with meringue, and baked until golden bro…

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Recipe from Atoj, Rotlimena, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Brazilian bread pudding uses leftover bread: soaked in chocolate milk, it alternates with a pastry cream flavored with plums and grapes, all topped with a golden meringue. It is served warm.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$5.78 $0.72 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people

Cream

  • $0.71
  • $0.16
  • $0.77
  • $1.31
  • $0.12
  • $1.05

bread

  • $0.36
  • $0.03

meringue

  • $1.20
  • $0.07

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Bring 600 ml of milk, sugar, grapes, and plums to a boil.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and egg yolks with the remaining milk. Gradually add the warm milk, whisking constantly, and cook over low heat, continuing to stir, until the mixture thickens. Set aside.
  3. Combine the milk, bread, cocoa powder, and sugar. ≈ 4 min
  4. Soak bread slices in this chocolate milk and line the bottom of a medium-sized baking dish with them.
  5. Spread half of the cream, cover with another layer of soaked bread, and then spread the remaining cream. ≈ 4 min
  6. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  7. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks with the sugar, until you have a glossy meringue. ≈ 10 min
  8. Spread the meringue over the cake and bake for 20 minutes.
  9. Serve hot. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Sandwich bread cake with prunes and meringue

  • 720 ml of milk$0.71
  • 200 grams of sugar$0.16
  • 100 g of grapes$0.77
  • 100 g of chopped prunes$1.31
  • 3 tablespoons of cornstarch$0.12
  • 3 egg yolks$1.05
  • 360 ml of milk$0.36
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar$0.03
  • 3 egg whites$1.20
  • 6 tablespoons of sugar$0.07

Total$5.78

that's $0.72 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 720 ml of milk
  • 200 grams of sugar
  • 100 g of grapes
  • 100 g of chopped prunes
  • 3 tablespoons of cornstarch
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 360 ml of milk
  • 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 loaf of soft, crustless bread
  • 3 egg whites
  • 6 tablespoons of sugar

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