Finely dice the raisin bread. Warm the milk and pour over it. Add 1-2 tablespoons sugar, pudding powder and 2 eggs and knead. Let the mixture rest for about 1 hour
Drain the cherries, collect the juice. starch and
Stir 4 tablespoons cherry juice until smooth. Boil up the rest of the juice, 1-2 tbsp. sugar and lemon zest. Stir in starch, bring to the boil again. Fold in cherries, let cool down. Remove peel
Form 10-12 dumplings from the dough with moistened hands. Put them into boiling lightly salted water and let them simmer for about 15 minutes. Take out, drip off
Spread the dumplings and half the cherries in a greased casserole dish (approx. 30 cm long). Mix sour cream, 2 eggs and vanilla sugar and pour over the dumplings. Fill the rest of the cherries into the spaces between the dumplings. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for 25-30 minutes. Roast the coconut chips without fat until golden brown. Sprinkle the casserole with coconut and sugar, decorate with mint