A Good Sauce for Various Boiled Puddings

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb butter
• 1/4 lb pounded sugar
• a wineglassful of brandy or rum

Instructions

1. Beat the butter to a cream, until no lumps remain;
2. add the pounded sugar, and brandy or rum;
3. stir once or twice until the whole is thoroughly mixed, and serve.
4. This sauce may either be poured round the pudding or served in a tureen, according to the taste or fancy of the cook or mistress.