Ingredients. - Six ounces of fine flour, six ounces of butter, eight ounces of castor sugar, eight eggs.

Method. - Break the eggs into a bowl, add the sugar, place the bowl over a saucepan of boiling water and whisk until lukewarm. Now remove the bowl and continue the whisking until the mixture becomes thick and creamy, then add the butter (melted) and stir in the previously sifted flour, as lightly as possible. Have ready a well-buttered papered tin, pour in the mixture, and bake in a moderately hot oven.