Bread pudding was made with bread which was 'past it's best', it was left to soak in either water or milk with sugar and ground mixed spice (cinnamon, coriander, cloves, pimento, nutmeg and ginger) and dried mixed fruit added (currants, raisins, sultanas, peel etc) and left to infuse and for the fruit to plump up a bit. The whole lot is 'mushed' together and it is put into a buttered baking tray and baked in the oven, with some more sugar sprinkled over the top.
There was no definitive recipe as it was usually made 'by eye'.
Just found some ground mixed spice at the back of the cupboard,