Required: Half a pint of thick cream.

A quarter of a pound pot of strawberry jam.

Cochineal.

Coffee essence.

Three ounces of castor sugar.

Vanilla.

Half a lemon.

Half a pound of macaroons.

Pistachio nuts.

Whip the cream carefully till it just hangs on the whisk, and divide it into three portions.

To one third add enough strawberry jam that has been rubbed through a hair s i e v e - t o flavour it. Make it a pretty pink with a drop or two of cochineal, and add one ounce of castor sugar and the juice of half a lemon.

To another third add enough coffee essence to well flavour and colour it, and sweeten with castor sugar. To the last portion add enough vanilla and castor sugar to nicely flavour it.

Arrange some broken macaroons in some paper souffle cases; on these put a layer of pink cream, next put a layer of coffee cream, lastly, one of white. Decorate the top of each with green or red brochettes. and, if liked, a little chopped pistachio nut. Cost, 2s. 3d.