*Gooseberry Pudding

3 cups gooseberries
³⁄₄ lb. butter
³⁄₄ lb. powdered sugar
8 eggs
4 sponge-fingers

Stew the gooseberries in water until tender. Do not let them break. Take them out and drain. Then put them through a fine sieve.

Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar and beat again. Stir in the gooseberry pulp, the well-beaten eggs and the sponge-fingers finely crushed. Mix well and bake in a pudding dish for thirty minutes.