To make the custard, heat the milk, cream together in a saucepan to just below boiling point.
Meanwhile whisk the eggs and yolk with the caster sugar in a jug.
Slowly pour the warm milk mixture, over the eggs, stirring constantly until smooth.
Stir in the vanilla extract.
Prepare the pudding moulds/baking dish. Cut the crusts from the bread slices, then butter both sides of the bread and cut into triangles. Lay half of the bread slices in the bottom of the dish so that they are slightly overlapping.
Mix the dried fruit with the lemon zest and sprinkle half of the mix over the bread.
Layer the rest of the bread on top then sprinkle the remaining fruit.
Pour the custard over the pudding. Leave to soak for at least 20 mins, or longer in the fridge, if you like. Sprinkle the sugar and bake for 35-40 mins until golden brown and puffed up.
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