Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl combine your sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and eggs. Whisk together and begin to add the bread. Mix it all together with your hands till you get a sticky but heavy consistency. If the mixture is too wet, add more bread. Coat a medium sized ovenproof dish with butter and then pour some sugar into the dish, evenly distributing it so it sticks to the butter on all sides of the dish. Ladle in the bread pudding mix and place in the oven for 20 minutes at 350. After 20 minutes reduce the temperature to 250 degrees, and bake for an additional 20 minutes. While this is going you can begin your compote. In a saucepan combine the water, sugar, lemon juice, and 1 ½ cups worth of the blackberries. Place over medium heat for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let rest for about 5 minutes. At this time your bread pudding is nearly finished.
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