to the cornstarch mixture.  Stir this into the boiling milk and stir well.  Put the chocolate, sugar and boiling water into a small frying pan or saucepan, and set over a hot fire.  Stir until the mixture is smooth and glossy; beat this into the pudding and cook for 2 minutes longer.  Take from the fire and add the vanilla.  Dip a mould into cold water and turn the pudding into it.  Set away to cool.  When cold and stiff, turn out on a flat dish and surround with whipped cream; or serve with cream and sugar or a soft custard.

SNOW PUDDING.

1/4 box gelatine. 1 cup boiling water. 1 cup sugar. 2 tbsps. cold water.  Juice of one lemon.  Whites of 2 eggs.

Soak the gelatine in cold water for 2 hours.  Pour upon this the boiling water and stir until the gelatine is dissolved; then add the sugar and lemon juice, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.  Set the bowl in a pan of cold water, or broken ice.  Stir frequently; when it begins to thicken, stir in the beaten whites of the eggs, pour into a mould and set away until firm.  Serve with boiled custard.

CREAM PIE.

Make a plain cup cake, and bake it in a shallow cake pan.  When cooked and cold, split it carefully.  Put 1 pint of milk on to boil in a farina boiler.  Beat the yolks of 3 eggs and 1/2 cup of sugar together until light, then add the well-beaten whites, and stir them into the boiling milk; stir over the fire for about 1 minute, then take from the fire, add 1 tsp. of vanilla, and stand away to cool.  When cold, and ready to serve, put a thick layer of this sauce between the layers of cake, pour the remaining sauce around the pie, and serve immediately.

BLANC MANGE.

1 pint milk. 2 tbsps. sugar. 4 (l.) tbsps. cornstarch. 1/2 ssp. salt.

Put the milk on to boil.  Moisten the cornstarch with a little cold milk, then add it to the boiling milk, and stir until it thickens; let it cook slowly for 5 minutes; add the sugar and salt, take from the fire, pour into a mould and set away to harden.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.

1 pint flour. 1/2 tsp. salt. 3 (l.) tsps. baking powder. 1 oz. butter. 1 cup milk.

Mix the salt, flour and butter together.  Sift, then add the baking powder and sift again.  Add the liquid gradually, mixing and cutting with a knife until the dough is light and spongy; turn it out on a well floured board, pat into a flat cake and roll gently till 1/2 an inch thick.  Bake in a spider or pie plate in a rather hot oven.  Split and spread with sweetened berries and serve either hot or cold.

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PUDDING SAUCES.

PLAIN SAUCE.