1 level tablespoonful of flour.
1/2 saltspoonful of salt.
1 egg.
Flavor.
Put the milk in the double-boiler and set on the fire. Mix the flour and sugar together and add the unbeaten egg to these ingredients. Beat with a spoon until light; then stir into the boiling milk and cook for fifteen minutes, stirring often. Now add the salt, and take from the fire. When cool, add the flavor, which may be anything you choose. If orange, lemon, or vanilla extract, use half a teaspoonful. Use the same flavor for the cake.
Washington Pie.
Make the cake the same as for cream pie, but bake it in two deep tin plates for about twelve minutes. Spread one sheet with any kind of jelly or marmalade. Lay the second sheet on top of this and dredge with powdered sugar.
Chocolate Pie.
Make the same as cream pie, but add to the cream one tablespoonful of chocolate dissolved with one tablespoonful of sugar in half a tablespoonful of boiling water. Cover the cake with a chocolate icing.