CHOCOLATE CREAM PIES Beat to a cream half a cupful of butter and a
cupful and a quarter of powdered sugar. Add two well-beaten eggs,
two tablespoonfuls of wine, half a cupful of milk, and a cupful and
a half of sifted flour, with which has been mixed a teaspoonful and
a half of baking powder. Bake this in four well-buttered, deep, tin
plates for about fifteen minutes in a moderate oven. Put half a pint
of milk in the double-boiler, and on the fire. Beat together the
yolks of two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and a
level tablespoonful of flour. Stir this mixture into the boiling
milk, beating well.Add one-sixth of a teaspoonful of salt, and cook
for fifteen minutes, stirring often. When cooked, flavor with half a
teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Put two of the cakes on two large
plates, spread the cream over them, and lay the other two cakes on
top. Beat the whites of the two eggs to a stiff froth, and then beat
into them one cupful of powdered sugar and one teaspoonful of
vanilla. Shave one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1
Chocolate, and put it in a small pan with two tablespoonfuls of
sugar and one tablespoonful of boiling water. Stir over a hot fire
until smooth and glossy. Now add three tablespoonfuls of cream or
milk, and stir into the beaten egg and sugar. Spread on the pies and
set away for a few hours.