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Sponge

1 quart scalded milk 1/2 cup cornstarch 1 cup cold milk 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 pound dates 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon lemon extract To the scalded milk add the cornstarch, mixed smooth with the cold milk, and stir until smooth. Add butter, salt and sugar; cover and let cook over boiling water for twenty minutes. Then add the dates, stoned and chopped, and the flavoring. Cook for ten minutes longer, stirring all the time; pour into a glass dish and when cool decorate with whole stoned dates.