Victoria Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• their weight in pounded sugar
• butter, and flour
• 1/4 saltspoonful salt
• a layer of any kind of jam or marmalade

Instructions

1. Beat the butter to a cream;
2. dredge in the flour and pounded sugar;
3. stir these ingredients well together, and add the eggs, which should be previously thoroughly whisked.
4. When the mixture has been well beaten for about 10 minutes, butter a Yorkshire-pudding tin, pour in the batter, and bake it in a moderate oven for 20 minutes.
5. Let it cool, spread one half of the cake with a layer of nice preserve, place over it the other half of the cake, press the pieces slightly together, and then cut it into long finger-pieces;
6. pile them in crossbars on a glass dish, and serve.