A handful of white sugar, 1/4 pint water, yolks of 8 eggs, 1 pint milk.

Boil the sugar and water until of a deep brown color, warm a small basin, pour the syrup in and keep turning the basin in your hand until the inside is completely coated with the syrup, which, by that time, will have set. Take the yolks of the eggs and mix gradually and effectually with the milk. Pour this mixture into the prepared mold. Lay a piece of paper on the top. Set it in a saucepan full of cold water, taking care that the water does not come over the top of the mould, put on the cover, and let it boil gently by the side of the fire for 1 hour. Remove the saucepan to a cool place, and when the water is quite cold take out the mould, and turn out the pudding very carefully.