Jelly-Cake Fritters ( very nice ). ✠
Some stale sponge, or plain cup cake, cut into rounds with a cake-cutter.
Hot lard.
Strawberry or other jam, or jelly.
A little boiling milk.
Cut the cake carefully and fry a nice brown. Dip each slice for a second in a bowl of boiling milk, draining this off on the side of the vessel; lay on a hot dish and spread thickly with strawberry jam, peach jelly, or other delicate conserve. Pile them neatly and send around hot, with cream to pour over them.
This is a nice way of using up stale cake, and if rightly prepared, the dessert is almost equal to Neapolitan pudding.