This section is from the book "Dainties", by Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Dainties.
6 bananas
4 eggs
1/2 pint of milk
2 1/2 cupfuls of flour
2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
Press the bananas through a colander, add the milk, the flour and baking powder sifted, and the yolks of the eggs; beat thoroughly; then fold in the well-beaten whites and bake in a layer cake tin. Serve warm with hard sauce.
1 egg
1 tablespoonful of butter melted
1 teaspoonful of vanilla
1 teaspoonful of baking powder
1/2 cupful of sugar
1/2 cupful of milk
1 1/2 cupfuls of flour
Put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat with an egg beater for five minutes; turn at once into a baking pan, and bake in a moderately quick oven twenty minutes. Serve hot with liquid pudding sauce.
4 eggs
1/2 cupful of sugar
1 quart of milk
Stale bread and butter
Beat the yolks of the eggs and sugar until very light; add the milk and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn the mixture in a baking dish, cover the top with buttered bread, buttered side up. Bake in a moderate oven until the custard is "set." Beat the whites of the eggs until moderately stiff; add four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and beat until light and stiff; heap over the top of the pudding, dust thickly with powdered sugar, and brown lightly in a moderate oven. Serve cold.
 
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