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Make a chocolate cream. When set in the freezer, add about half a pound
of assorted French candied or preserved fruits cut into small pieces.
Put it into a melon-shaped mold, to imitate a plum-pudding. When ready
to serve, turn the cream on a platter, and make a circle around it of
whipped cream, sweetened and flavored with vanilla. This cream is a
decided success, and a beautiful dessert for a dinner-party. It may be
improved by sprinkling over it chopped almonds dried of a light-brown
color, mixed with chopped pistachios. This is intended to imitate the
rugged appearance of the rind of a melon.