Original Receipt from 'Modern Cookery for Private Families' by Eliza Acton (Acton 1845);BERMUDA WITCHES.
Slice equally some rice, pound, or Savoy cake, not more than the sixth of an inch thick; take off the brown edges, and spread one half of it with Guava jelly, or, if more convenient, with fine strawberry, raspberry, or currant jelly of the best quality; on this strew thickly some fresh cocoa-nut grated small and lightly; press over it the remainder of the cake, and trim the whole Into good form; divide the slices if large, pile them slopingly in the centre of a dish upon a very white napkin folded flat, and garnish or intersperse them with small sprigs of myrtle. For very young people a French roll or two, and good currant jelly, red or white, will supply a wholesome and inexpensive dish.