General Favourite

Ingredients

• 3d. worth of sponge fingers (stale)
• 1 dessertspoonful of white sugar
• Jam
• 1 teacupful of milk
• 1 teaspoonful of fine arrowroot
• 2 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Put the sponge fingers in a crystal dish, and spread over with jam.

2. 2

   Make the custard with the yolks (only) of the eggs, sugar, and milk.

3. 3

   Put it on the fire to cook, but on no account let it boil.

4. 4

   When thick, pour it over the sponges, and then put it in the oven to set for a few minutes.

5. 5

   When cool, have the whites of the 2 eggs whipped up to a stiff froth with the arrowroot mixed in.

6. 6

   Spread this over the sponges and sprinkle with pink sugar, and serve.

7. 7

   This dish can be made in 15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GENERAL FAVOURITE. 3d. worth of sponge fingers (stale). I i dessertspoonful of white sugar. Jam. Pink sugar. 2 eggs. I 1 teacupful of milk. J teaspoonful of fine arrowroot

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