Bread and Butter Pudding vs Classic German Chocolate Cake

Bread and Butter Pudding and Classic German Chocolate Cake both rely on butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla, but put them to very different work. In the pudding, butter is spread on stale bread layered with raisins, which soaks up a vanilla custard of eggs, milk and double cream before baking golden and puffed, with a creamy, slightly wobbly centre and nutmeg grated over the top. The cake uses eggs and buttermilk in cocoa layers, while egg yolks, butter and evaporated milk cook into a thick stovetop frosting packed with coconut and chopped pecans.