Contents Include: Cold Sweets, Preparation of Ingredients - Recipes for Cold Sweets - Recipes for Jellies - Recipes for Creams - Cold Puddings - Pastry for Cold Sweets - Recipes for Cheesecakes, Tarts, Tartlets, etc - Icings and Fillings for Cold Sweets - Ices, Cream Ices - Water Ices - Sorbets, Mousses and Iced Puddings."Something quickly and easily prepared, but which will at the same time help to decorate the table is the need of almost every housewife in these days of bustle and shortage of domestic help. Cold sweets admirably meet this requirement. The making of nearly all of them is very simple - a knowledge of the many little subtleties of flavouring and decoration is, however, essential to the success of these dishes, and makes this book a necessity to every housewife valuing her reputation for her selection and preparation of attractive, but at the same time economical, sweets"

The second part of the Impala Mrs Beeton portfolio, this volume deals exclusively with Non Sweet dishes and Hors d'Oeuvres. Mrs Beeton was the presiding genius of 19th century cookery, and her reputation lives on, undiminished, in the pages of this book - part of the Impala Victorian Series, which includes the Diamond Jubilee Edition of Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book and Peter Keene's Never Nonplussed. The back and front cover illustrations are taken from the original Diamond Jubilee Edition of Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book.

Contents Include: Cold Sweets, Preparation of Ingredients Recipes for Cold Sweets Recipes for Jellies Recipes for Creams Cold Puddings Pastry for Cold Sweets Recipes for Cheesecakes, Tarts, Tartlets, etc Icings and Fillings for Cold Sweets Ices, Cream Ices Water Ices Sorbets, Mousses and Iced Puddings."Something quickly and easily prepared, but which will at the same time help to decorate the table is the need of almost every housewife in these days of bustle and shortage of domestic help. Cold sweets admirably meet this requirement. The making of nearly all of them is very simple a knowledge of the many little subtleties of flavouring and decoration is, however, essential to the success of these dishes, and makes this book a necessity to every housewife valuing her reputation for her selection and preparation of attractive, but at the same time economical, sweets"