One coffeecup of mashed pumpkin, reduced to the proper consistency with rich milk and melted butter or cream, one tablespoonful of flour, a small pinch of salt, one teaspoon of ginger, ditto of cinnamon, one-half nutmeg, one-half teaspoon lemon extract, two-thirds cup of sugar, and two eggs.
One third-cup cup of lard, a little salt; mix slightly with one and one-half cups of flour; moisten with very cold water, just enough to hold together, get into shape for your tin as soon as possible. Brush the paste with white of egg. Bake in a hot oven until a rich brown.
"The proof of the pudding lies in the eating."
One pint of milk, two eggs, two heaping tablespoons of maple sugar, one heaping tablespoon of cornstarch, flavor with almond; cook milk, sugar, and cornstarch in double boiler, adding yolks of eggs when boiling; pour into pudding dish, cover with whites of the eggs, and brown in oven, to be served cold.
Stew the apples in a pie dish, when soft place the following batter on top: one egg, one tablespoon each of sugar and butter, two tablespoonfuls each of milk and flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, bake forty five minutes in a slow oven, serve with cream.
Two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch wet with cold water, one cup of white sugar and one third of a cup of butter. Stir together in a dish, pour on boiling water to make a thick custard; stir in the well beaten yolks of three eggs, bring to a boil. Slice thin a few ripe bananas, pour the custard over them. Put whipped cream on top or if not cream the whites of the three eggs well beaten with sugar. To be eaten cold.
Sliced bread to fill a pudding bowl; one layer of bread, one layer of fruit with sugar to taste and small lumps of butter. Continue until bowl is full, put a plate on top and steam for at least two hours, more will do no harm. Turn out a few minutes before wanted to let the juice penetrate the bread that was uppermost.
After rubbing together a cupful of sugar and a tablespoon of butter, add two eggs, and after beating the mixture until light, add a cupful of milk; mix well in a sieve a pint of sifted flour and three teaspoons of baking powder, rub through the sieve into the mixture already made, beat quickly and pour the batter into one large pudding dish or two small ones. Sprinkle with sugar, bake in a moderate oven for forty minutes or thirty if there be two. Serve hot with lemon sauce or any sweet sauce.