Original Receipt in the 15th Century 'Austin Manuscripts' (Austin 1440)Doucete. Take creme a good cupfulle, & put it on a strainer; thanne take yolks of eggs & put thereto, & a little milk; then strayne it thorw a strainer in-to a bolle; then take sugar y-now, & put thereto, or ellys hony forde faute of sugar, than coloure it with saffron; than take thin cofyns, & put in the ovynne lere, & let them ben hardyd; than take a dish y-fastenyd on the pelys ende; & pore thin comade in-to the dyssche, & from the dyssche in-to the cofyns; & when they don a-ryse wel, take them out, & serve them forth.