White Chocolate Bread Pudding

One of my favorite desserts from Carnival Cruise Lines:

5 large eggs                                         1/4 lb butter

1 cup heavy cream                              2 cups milk

1 loaf white bread                               1 1/4 lb white chocolate

3/4 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 360 degrees.  Remove the crust from the bread and soak the crust in the heated milk and cream.  Beat the mixture by hand or in a mixer until the pieces of bread are reduced to the size you want.  Melt the chocolate and butter in a double broiler and incorporate into bread mixture.  In a separate mixing bowl,  beat eggs and sugar until creamy.  Add egg mixture to bread mixture and stir until uniform.  Transfer the batter to a buttered pan in a larger pan of hot water in the oven.  Bake for 45 minutes or until center is set (Start checking on it after a half an hour).