A nice touch before you start with the brioche and custard is to lightly smear butter over the bottom and sides of the dish and then put demerara sugar in....enough to coat the butter all over...then remove excess. It gives a really nice crisp base and sides.
Chocolate chip brioche pudding.,,,
Put a layer of chocolate chip brioche in a shallow dish, add chunks of dark chocolate and blobs of apricot jam. Pour home made custard over.
Repeat a 2nd layer
Sprinkle with demerara sugar
Bake until custard is set
Voilla....a giant jaffa cake. Bloody...