This section is from the book "How To Cook Well", by J. Rosalie Benton. Also available from Amazon: How To Cook Well.
1 orange.
2 tablespoonfuls. flour. 1 cupful sugar.
1 cupful boiling water. 1 egg (beaten light).
Grate half the rind of the orange. Squeeze the juice. Rub the flour smooth in this. Add the sugar and water. Put all together over the fire within a pan of boiling water. Boil till the flour is cooked. Then add the egg, stirring constantly for a few minutes. Then remove and cool it before spreading over layers of cake.
2 apples, grated. 1 cupful sugar.
1 lemon.
Put all together in a small sauce-pan, using both rind and juice of the lemon, and set on the stove.
When it begins to boil, stir occasionally. When it thickens, which it should do in about ten minutes, remove from the fire. When cold, spread on layers of cake. This is only enough for one thick layer.
1 1/2 cupfuls sugar. 1/3 cupful water.
2 eggs, whites only.
1 cupful grated cocoanut.
Boil sugar and water without stirring, until thick.
Remove, and pour into a large dish. Add gradually thd eggs, beaten stiff. Beat all together until cold, then mix
in the cocoanut. Spread this between layers of cake,
and on the top; then sprinkle some dry cocoanut on top of all.
 
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