I have a loaf of stale bread, some eggs and cream, and a lot of dried cherries that have been marinating in bourbon for a while. I want to make chocolate cherry bread pudding, but I haven't found one single perfect recipe. Will try combining a couple...

Here's one for chocolate bread pudding:

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/dark-chocolate-bread-pudding-recipe

chocolate bread pudding could do with some apricots marinated in brandy (or apricot brandy), then glazed towards the end of cooking with apricot jam to give it a nice shine