An Ambushed Trifle.
- A round, stale sponge-cake.
- 1 pint of milk.
- 1 teaspoonful of corn-starch.
- 1 cup of sweet jelly or jam.
- 3 eggs.
- Vanilla flavoring.
- 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar.
- A little salt.
Cut the top carefully from the cake in one piece. Scoop out the inside of the loaf, leaving side-walls and bottom an inch thick. Coat these with the jelly. Heat the milk; beat eggs and sugar, with the cake-crumbs, and pour on the hot milk. Stir over the fire until thick, and add the corn-starch wet up with cold milk. Cook one minute and turn out. When cold, flavor and fill the cake with it. Coat the inside of the lid with jelly, and fit into its place; brush the whole cake with white of egg, sift powdered sugar over it, and set in a cool, dry place until wanted.
Third Week. Saturday.