Take one fruit loaf and spread the slices with butter. Cut then into quarters and stack up in an oven dish. (If you were using plain bread you would sprinkle your raisins etc in between the layers.) Make two pints custard following the directions on the tin and with 1/2 tsp nutmeg and 1tsp cinnamon added to it and whisked in, pour on enough to come up about 3/4 of the height of the oven dish. Press the bread down into it and let it rise up again. We want it to soak up the custard. Sprinkle some brown sugar on the top and place in a 350ºF oven for thirty minutes. Check it and put it back in, raising the temperature to 425ºF for 10 minutes to crisp the top layer that is above the custard level. When it comes out it should have risen a bit, and be quite light. Serve portions into dessert bowls and enjoy it!
I failed to photograph the one I made this evening and it's looking rather the worse for wear after being half-eaten! Here's a photo of someone else's from the web:
Photo by Ann Low at http://www.anncoojournal.com/
Chris
