Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book

all well together; put in a large, well-buttered mould, set in a saucepan with boiling water to reach one-half up the sides of the mould, and steam it thus five hours; turn out on its dish carefully and serve with hot brandy sauce. No. 80. TAPIOCA PUDDING. One cupful tapioca, soaked in 1 quart cold water over night, 1 cupful sugar, 1-1/2 pints milk, and 4 eggs. No. 81. CABINET PUDDING, 1. Half pound of stale sponge cake, 1/2 cup of raisins, 1/2 can of peaches, 4 eggs, and 1-1/2 pints of milk. Butter a plain oval mould; lay in some of the stale cake, 1/3 of the raisins, stoned, 1/3 of the peaches; make two layers of the remainder of the cake, raisins, and peaches; cover with a very thin slice of bread, then pour over the milk, beaten with eggs and sugar; set in a sauce pan with boiling water, to reach two-thirds up the side of the mould; steam it 3/4 of an hour, and turn out carefully on a dish. Serve with peach sauce. No. 82. CUSTARD PUDDING. One and a half pints of milk, 4 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls Royal extract of vanilla. Beat the eggs and sugar together; dilute with the milk and extract; pour into a buttered pudding dish, set in the oven in a dripping-pan two-thirds full of boiling water; bake until firm, about 40 minutes, in a moderate oven. No. 83. PLUM PUDDING. Two cupfuls each of stoned raisins and currants, washed and picked, beef-suet chopped fine, and coffee sugar, 3 cupfuls of grated English muffins or bread, 8 eggs 1 cupful each, chopped citron and almonds, blanched by pouring boiling water over them till the skins slip off easily, and 1 lemon peel, and a pinch of salt. Mix all these ingredients in a large bowl, put in a well-buttered mould, set in a saucepan with boiling water to reach two-thirds up its sides, steam it thus 5 hours; turn it out carefully on its dish, and serve with brandy poured over it, and brandy sauce in