Cream Puffs

Warm slightly one pound of butter, and beat it well with one-half pound of caster-sugar, then mix in two eggs. Put one and one-fourth pounds of sifted flour into a basin, with two tablespoonfuls of baking powder, stir in the beaten mixture and work until it is quite smooth. Shape the dough into cakes and bake in a sharp oven. Beat two eggs with four ounces of caster-sugar and one pint of milk, then stir them in with one-fourth of a pound of sifted flour. When smooth turn the mixture into a stewpan, and stir over a moderate fire until thick. When cooked cut the cakes in halves, scoop out a little soft paste, and fill them with cream. Arrange them neatly on a dish over which has been spread a folded napkin, and serve.

Boston Cream Puffs

Put one-half pint of water into a saucepan with one-fourth pound of lard, and a little salt, and then boil. Add one-fourth pound of flour, or more, if required, and stir over the fire for five minutes longer, or until it becomes a smooth paste. Remove from the fire, and mix in five eggs, one at a time. Drop small quantities of the mixture with a spoon onto slightly-buttered baking tins, allowing an inch or so of distance between each. Put the sheet into a moderate oven and bake for twenty minutes. Open the puffs by making an incision in the sides, and fill them with cream.

Delicate Cake

Mix one pound of caster-sugar with an equal amount of warm fresh butter, and add by degrees fourteen whites of eggs; mix a half pound of cornmeal and a like quantity of white flour together, and beat in with the rest, then put in a teacupful of milk, a teacupful of brandy, a little lemon juice, and flavor to taste, beating thoroughly. Put in a greased mould, and bake until done in a moderate oven.

Dessert Cakes

Mix well a quarter of a pound of butter beaten to a cream with a quarter of a pound of caster-sugar, a similar amount of ground rice, and half a teaspoonful of baking-powder. Beat up thoroughly three eggs, and then stir them into this mixture. Butter some small cake-tins, and pour in this preparation, and bake in a quick oven for ten to twelve minutes.