Hard Sauce Recipe (For Hot Pudding)

Cream half a cup of butter and add very gradually a cup of sugar, beating between each addition; when all the sugar has been added and the mixture is very light, add, one by one, the whites of two eggs, and when again very light add the flavoring drop by drop. A teaspoonful of vanilla, a tablespoonful of brandy, rum or wine, or a grating of nutmeg, are preferred. The egg whites may be omitted. This sauce may be shaped in a neat mould on a small choice dish, or it may be disposed in a wreath around a dark fruit pudding. Arranged in the latter fashion, a silver fork may be used to give a scroll-like effect to the surface.

Hard Sauce Recipe With Fruit

Prepare as above, using the white of one egg, then beat in very gradually one cup of mashed strawberries or raspberries. The raspberries should be strained, to eliminate the seeds. These fruits are favorites, but others may be used.