Bread and Butter Pudding

Name: Bread and Butter Pudding
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup sugar, plus 1/2 cup for the topping; 8 egg yolks; 12 slices tight crumb white bread (recommended: Pepperidge Farm) crusts removed; 1 stick butter, room temperature; 3/4 cup golden raisins, soaked in 3/4 cup Irish whiskey; 4 tea bags; 4 cups boiling water; 3/4 cup Irish whiskey (reserved from pudding); 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 cinnamon sticks; 2 cloves; 1/2 lemon, juiced