Ordinary apple soufflé or cobbler

(Recipe #24, page 167)

Ingredients: ½ pound flour [1-3/4 cups], 3 ounces of butter, ⅜ quart [1-1/2 cups] of milk. 2 tablespoons of sugar, 6 eggs, lemon peel or 8 ground bitter almonds, and 1½ teaspoons of salt.

Sour cherry soufflé

(Recipe #21, page 166)

Soak ¾ pound of stale white bread without crust in milk and stir it thoroughly. Then cream a knob of butter the size of an egg, and add 9 egg yolks, some ground almonds, a few bitter lemon peels, 2–3 tablespoons of sugar, bread [from above], beaten egg white, 1 pound of pitted sour cherries mixed with sugar, and bake for an hour.

Potato soufflé

(Recipe #12, page 164)

The day before, boil a couple of potatoes in their skins until half done. Cream ¼ pound of butter and stir in 8 egg yolks, ¾ pound of sugar [1-3/4 cups], ½ ounce of ground almonds, including 6 bitter almonds, and lemon peel or cinnamon to taste, as described above.

Black bread soufflé

(Recipe #11, page 164)

Cream 7 ounces of butter, gradually stir in 10 egg yolks, 5 ounces of sugar, some cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, and lemon peel, 7 ounces of grated and sieved black bread, 3 ounces of currants, and (optionally) 1 ounce of almonds; finally fold the beaten egg whites into the dough. Bake for 1 hour.

White bread soufflé

(Recipe #9, page 164)

Pour boiling milk over 6–8 slices of zwieback and let them soak; while still warm, stir in a knob of butter (it must not be too thin). Add 2 ounces of grated almonds, 8–10 egg yolks, sugar, lemon to taste, and a cupful of previously refreshed raisins; finally fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and bake for 1 hour in a mold or soufflé dish.

Convent soufflé

(Recipe #8, page 164)

Ingredients: 7 ounces of fine flour, ¼ pound of sugar [1/2 cup], ¼ pound of butter, 2 ounces of ground almonds, 4 eggs, ⅜ quart of milk [1-1/2 cups] flavored with vanilla or lemon peel.

Black bread pudding with almonds

(Recipe #32, page 159)

Ingredients: ½ pound of stale black bread, grated and sieved, ¼ pound of butter, 1 glass of claret, 12 eggs, ½ pound of sieved sugar, ¼ pound of grated almonds, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, the grated peel of half a lemon, and 2 pinches of crushed cardamom seeds.

Semolina or rice flour soufflé

(Recipe #6, page 163)

Ingredients: ½ pound of coarse semolina [1-1/3 cups], 5/8 quart of milk [2.5 cups], 7 ounces of butter [14 TBS or .875 cups] plus 2 ounces of fresh suet (or just 7 ounces of butter), 7 eggs, 3 ounces of sugar [1/2 cup], 6–8 finely ground almonds, and a bit of salt.

Sago soufflé

(Recipe #2, page 162)

Ingredients: ½ pound of sago, milk, 6 eggs, 3 ounces of butter, 3 ounces of sugar, lemon peel to taste, 2 ounces of finely chopped almonds, optionally including 6 bitter almonds.

Grape pudding (likewise highly recommended)

(Recipe #36, page 160)

Ingredients: ¼ pound of butter, 8 eggs, ¼ pound of finely ground almonds, ½ pound of sieved sugar [1-1/4 cups], cinnamon, a bit of lemon peel (optional), ¾ pound of sliced white bread, a soup-plateful of freshly picked grapes.