Vanilla Cream Sauce

Put in a saucepan 2 cups sweet cream, 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls sugar, 2 whole eggs and the yolks of 2 eggs; set the saucepan in a vessel of hot water; beat with an egg beater till the sauce just comes to the boiling point; then instantly remove from the fire; do not allow the sauce to boil; flavor with vanilla extract and serve cold.

Chocolate Cream Sauce

Boil ¼ pound grated chocolate with 1 cup water for 5 minutes; add sugar to taste; beat up the yolks of 3 eggs with 1½ cups sweet cream; add it to the chocolate; keep stirring until nearly boiling; remove from fire, add some vanilla essence and the beaten whites of the 3 eggs.

Chocolate Sauce

Boil ¼ pound grated chocolate with 1 cup water and 3 tablespoonfuls sugar for 5 minutes; beat up the yolks of 3 eggs with 1½ cups cold milk; add it to the chocolate; keep stirring until the sauce comes to a boil; instantly take it from the fire, beat for a few minutes longer and pour it into a sauce bowl; serve cold with cold pudding.

Almond Sauce

Remove the brown skin of 2 ounces of almonds, ground or chopped fine; put them in
a saucepan with 2 cups milk, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, the yolks of 3 eggs and 1 teaspoonful of arrowroot; put the saucepan in a vessel of hot water; keep stirring until the sauce comes to a boil. Instead of almonds almond essence may be used; a little brandy may also be added if liked.

Lemon Sauce

Mix 2 teaspoonfuls flour with a little cold water; put it in a saucepan; add 1 pint
boiling water, 1 tablespoonful butter and ½ cup sugar; stir until the sauce boils; then remove from the fire, add the juice of 1 lemon and a little of the grated rind and nutmeg.

Lemon Sauce (with Liquor)

Melt in a saucepan 1 tablespoonful butter; add ½ tablespoonful flour; when well mixed pour in 1 cup boiling water; boil 2 minutes; remove from the fire, pour sauce into a bowl; add the juice of ½ lemon, a little nutmeg and a glass of brandy; sweeten with sugar and serve hot. Very nice with rolly-poly pudding or apple dumplings. Sherry or Madeira wine may be used instead of brandy.

Lemon Custard Sauce

Place a saucepan with 1 pint milk, 3 whole eggs and 3 tablespoonfuls sugar over the fire and stir until it just comes to the boiling point; quickly remove, pour sauce into a dish, flavor with lemon essence and serve cold with cold pudding.

Lemon Sauce

Stir 1 tablespoonful butter with 4 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar to a cream; add by degrees 1 beaten egg, the juice and grated rind of ½ lemon, a little nutmeg and 4 tablespoonfuls boiling water; beat the sauce thoroughly for 5 minutes; put in a tin pail and set in saucepan of hot water; stir constantly until very hot, but do not allow it to boil.

Cream Sauce (with Jelly)

Beat ½ cup fruit jelly and the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth and serve with cold pudding.

Cream Sauce (with Jelly)

Stir 1 cup currant jelly until smooth; add 1 cup rich, sweet cream and beat with an egg beater to a froth; add a little arrack rum or Cognac and serve with cold pudding.

Sauce of Currants and Raspberries

Wash ½ pound red currants and raspberries; sprinkle with sugar and let them stand ½ hour; prepare a sauce the same as for Peach Sauce and stir the fruit through it.

Peach Sauce

Beat 1 tablespoonful butter with 4 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar to a cream; add the yolks of 2 eggs; beat until very light and creamy; then beat the whites of the 2 eggs to a stiff froth; add the sauce to them by degrees; keep on beating with an egg beater until all is well mixed together and stir 1 cup of fine, cut peaches through it; serve with boiled pudding.

Peach Sauce

To be served cold. Pare and cut in halves ½ dozen peaches; stew them in sugar syrup; press them through a sieve; thicken them with a little arrowroot or cornstarch; boil a minute, add a little white wine and serve. Or boil the peaches (after they are peeled and free from the stones) in sugar syrup until tender; then take them out, put in a dish, cut each half into 4 pieces and pour the liquor over them; then serve with tapioca pudding.

Fruit Sauce (not boiled)

Stir 1 cup raspberry juice and 1 of currants with 8 tablespoonfuls sugar for 20 minutes; serve with cold puddings. Or boil 2 teaspoonfuls cornstarch in water for a few minutes; sweeten with sugar; thin it with raspberry, currant or cherry juice; add a little Rhine wine and serve with cold pudding. This sauce is exceedingly nice when made of strawberries with the addition of the juice of 1 orange and a little grated skin.

Strawberry Custard Sauce

Place a small saucepan on the stove with 1 pint milk, the yolks of 2 eggs and 2 tablespoonfuls sugar; stir constantly until it comes to a boil; instantly remove from the fire, flavor with vanilla and set it away to cool; then stir 1 cup strawberries into it; beat the whites of the 2 eggs to a stiff froth and put it on top of the sauce. This sauce is excellent with strawberry shortcake. NOTE.--Any kind of fruit may be substituted for strawberries.

Hard Sauce (with Nuts)

Prepare a hard sauce of 1 tablespoonful butter and 5 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar; beat this until white; add by degrees the yolks of 2 eggs; beat the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth; add the sauce gradually to the whites; beat constantly with an egg beater; and lastly add 1 cup pounded or ground nuts, almonds, walnuts, hazel or hickory nuts. The nuts may be finely chopped if more convenient. This sauce may be prepared in the same manner with peaches, apricots (peeled and cut into pieces) or preserved pineapple.

Nut Sauce

Stir 1 tablespoonful butter with 5 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar to a cream; add the yolks of 2 eggs and a few spoonfuls of water; put it in a tin pail; set in a vessel of hot water; stir until hot; remove the sauce from the fire, add ½ cup fine, minced almonds and flavor with vanilla. Fine, chopped, stoned raisins may be used instead of almonds.

Sauce of Dried Cherries

Wash 1 pound dried cherries; put them into a mortar and pound fine; place them in a saucepan with 3 or 4 cups water over the fire; add a few zwiebacks, a piece of cinnamon and boil 1 hour; strain through a sieve, add a little claret and lemon juice and sweeten with sugar.

Raspberry Sauce

Set a saucepan on the stove with 1½ cups raspberry juice, ½ cup water, the juice and peel of 1 lemon, sugar to taste, 1 teaspoonful cornstarch and the yolks of 3 eggs; beat constantly with an egg beater until it comes to a boil; quickly remove it from the fire; beat for a few minutes longer; beat the whites of the 3 eggs to a stiff froth and stir them into the sauce.

Raspberry Sauce

Put in a small saucepan the peel of 1 lemon, a little piece of cinnamon, 1 cup water and 1 spoonful sugar; boil 5 minutes; mix 2 teaspoonfuls cornstarch with some cold water; add it to the contents of saucepan; boil a minute; add 1 cup raspberry juice or syrup and serve either hot or cold.