Sift the flour, sugar and baking-powder together twice. Rub in the butter. Add sufficient milk to make a dough (about three-quarters of a cup), mixing lightly with a knife. Put on a floured board and roll out lightly. Divide in two. Bake in two well-buttered round tins (about eight inches in diameter) in a hot oven for twelve minutes. When baked, split open and spread with plenty of butter and a thick layer of crushed and well-sweetened strawberries. Serve at once very hot.
The strawberries should be prepared about half an hour before they are needed.
Sauces
General Directions
All hot pudding sauces should be served as soon as made.
Butter may be creamed in a warmed basin but should on no account be melted.
Sauces made with yolks of eggs are best made in a bain marie; i.e. a saucepan placed in a larger pan containing hot water.
Banana Sauce
1 cup water
4 table-spoons powdered sugar
4 bananas
1 dessert-spoon maraschino or
1 wine-glass of wine