American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Sponge Cake Pudding. No. 1

Original Recipe

Bake a common sponge cake in a flat-bottomed pudding-dish; when ready to use, cut in six or eight pieces, split and spread with butter and return them to the dish. Make a custard with four eggs to a quart of milk; flavor and sweeten to taste; pour over the cake and bake one-half hour. The cake will swell and fill the custard. Serve with or without sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 6 or eight pieces
  • 1 custard with four eggs to a quart of milk
  • 10 to taste

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Bake a common sponge cake in a flat-bottomed pudding-dish; when ready to use, cut in six or eight pieces, split and spread with butter and return them to the dish.

  2. 2

    Make a custard with four eggs to a quart of milk; flavor and sweeten to taste; pour over the cake and bake one-half hour.

  3. 3

    The cake will swell and fill the custard.

  4. 4

    Serve with or without sauce.

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