This section is from the book "Canning, Preserving Pickling and Fruit Desserts", by Jeanette C. Van Duyn. Also available from Amazon: Canning, Preserving, Pickling And Fruit Desserts.
1/2 cup bread crumbs; 1 cup of thick cream; 1 cup canned apricots; 2 tablespoonfuls of browned bread crumbs; 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar; 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract; 3 eggs; and 1/4 teaspoonful of salt.
Whip up the cream until stiff, then add the yolks of the eggs, the salt, sugar, vanilla and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Butter a mould and dust it with the browned bread crumbs, put a layer of white bread crumbs, then a layer of the apricots and some of the mixture; continue this until the mould is full. Bake for thirty minutes. Serve decorated with whipped and sweetened cream.
 
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