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Chocolate Cornstarch

One pint of milk; one tablespoon of cornstarch; two tablespoons of sugar; two eggs (yolks); one-fourth teaspoon salt; one teaspoon vanilla; one-half teaspoon of butter. Beat the yolks of the eggs and add to them a little of the milk; then wet the cornstarch with a small quantity of the milk and stir the two mixtures together. Place the rest of the milk on the fire in a milk-boiler and when boiling stir in the cornstarch, eggs, etc. Let the whole cook five minutes, add the salt, sugar and butter and remove from the fire; pour the pudding into a pudding-dish and when partly cooled add the flavoring, stirring it in well.

For the Chocolate-One-half cup of milk; one-half cup of grated chocolate; three tablespoons of sugar; one tablespoon of vanilla; two eggs (whites). Place the milk and chocolate together in a small saucepan set in another containing hot water and cook until the chocolate is smooth and thick-generally about five minutesstirring all the time. Add the sugar, remove from the fire, stir until cooled and put in the vanilla. Spread the chocolate mixture carefully, a spoonful at a time, over the cornstarch in the dish. Beat the whites of the eggs stiff, add one tablespoon of sugar and two or three drops of vanilla, spread this icing on top of the chocolate and brown delicately in the oven This pudding should be in three layers when finished-first the cornstarch, then the chocolate, and then the browned whites of the eggs.