Best cheap and easy hot pudding to serve a lot of people

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It's for a church lunch - guests are needy, not to raise money iyswim. We'll probably only charge £2 per head for 3 courses.

I'm in charge of soup (Delia's slow roast vegetable) and pudding. I want to do something hot with custard. I need something that can be made in advance and heated on the day and which will be quick and easy to serve (often my delicious looking puds look a bit of a mess by the time I get them out of the baking dish)

We're expecting around 35 people.

Any ideas?

Huge apple crumble? Can be baked in a shallow large tray

Yep crumble of some kind. No need for it to look neat and delicate then. Great crumble weather too.

Steamed syrup pudding?

My view - apple pie, but I'm not sure it fits the serving requirement.

Oh, yes!! Sponge flan with peach slices. You can get ready sponge flans from the supermarket, value peach slices are really nice, you could mix in some frozen/tinned and drained raspberries for a stronger flavour? Super easy to combine and serve.

Everyone loves a crumble!

Crumble every time. Delia has fool proof crumble topping. Cheap as chip!

Crumble or baked rice pudding. R

Spotted dick? I had this for the first time at a similar event recently, and I was amazed at how easy, cheap and tasty it was.

Apple crumble's got to be good.

How long will you have access to the ovens to re-heat it? I remember that kind of event needing an awful lot of negotiation over who had what cooking facilities for how long. Do you need to cook in lots of small dishes that will re-heat faster?

Syrup sponge pudding with dates?

Apple pie? Might re-heat faster than the sponge, and easy to serve with a cake slice.

Apple charlotte? (Uses up left over bread, but might not be easy to serve)

What about a nice rice pudding?

I'd do a sponge pudding with custard

eg treacle or pear

I like to bung a bit of mincemeat in my apple crumbles for extra fruitiness

LOVELy with custard

Bread and butter pudding with custard?

Baked plums with rice pudding - yummy.

Or yes to crumble.

Or Eve's Pudding.

Or yes to b&b pudding - in fact, scrap all the other ideas and make that! :)

My brother makes the most amazing bread and butter pudding with hot cross buns. And the buns are on special offer in Morrisons at the moment.

B+B pudding made with hot cross buns?! That sounds amazing.

Apple crumple, cheap easy & everyone likes it. Use brown sugar & add a bit of mixed spice... lovely!

Honestly, it's one of the most delicious puddings I've ever tasted! With very very cold whipped cream....

Apple and plum crumble. It has to be a crumble!

oh, I want crumble now, wail.......

Baked apples with dried fruit and brown sugar down the middle?

Ooo yes, mincemeat and apple crumble. Lovverly.

Thats a good idea, mincemeat mmm

I'm going to make apple crumble with mincemeat for pudding after Sunday dinner tomorrow, thanks to this thread. Will go well after roast pork.

I was making apple pie for after roast beef, but not think I may make apple & mincemeat strudel instead...