Directions

1. 1. Beat eggs until light and lemon coloured.
2. 2. Then beat in the sugar and vanilla. Beat in the milk and the cream mixed together.
3. 3. Pour into a pudding dish, sprinkle lightly with sugar and bake in a preheated oven at 350°F/Gas 5 for about 30 mins.
4. 4. The centre should not be hard. Can be chilled and served with whipped cream.
5. 5. N.B: You may combine 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup water in a heavy skillet and cook till the sugar melts and is syrupy and light brown.
6. 6. Pour this into the bottom of the pudding dish and swirl the dish around to coat it evenly. Pour the prepared custard into this caramel lining and bake as above.
7. 7. Can be unmoulded when cool onto a dessert serving dish, with a topping of whipping cream.