Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding

• 150g dark chocolate
• 200g baguette
• 50g butter
• 400ml full fat milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• pinch cinnamon
• 3 eggs

Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a simmering pan of water.
Slice the baguette thinly and butter the pieces. Add the remaining butter to the melted chocolate.
Arrange bread over the base of a greased oven dish.
Spoon some chocolate over the bread.
Add another layer of bread and another layer of chocolate, etc.

Whisk the eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla essence together and pour over the bread.
Cover loosely with buttered foil and leave to stand for 15 mins.
Then bake for 30 mins gas 4 / 180 with the foil on, folllowed by 5 mins without the foil to brown the top.