Floating Island.
- Ingredients—A round sponge-cake.
- 1 pint of custard (see [Boiled Custard]).
- Red jam.
- The whites of two eggs.
- 1 tablespoonful of castor sugar.
- Some chopped pistachio kernels.
- Some hundreds and thousands.
Method.—Cut the cake horizontally in slices.
Spread them with jam.
Place them on each other in the form of the cake, and spread the top with jam.
Put the cake on a glass dish, and pour the custard over.
Whip the whites of the eggs stiffly with the sugar, and heap on the top of the cake.
Decorate with chopped pistachios and hundreds and thousands.