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BATTER CAKES

From Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, 1908.

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Ingredients

2 servings

Method

  1. In a bowl, combine the eggs, cornmeal, salt, and milk.

  2. Mix into a thin batter, adding more milk if necessary (and optionally stirring in a tablespoon of melted butter).

  3. Bake on a hot greased griddle until golden brown on both sides.

Original recipe, verbatim

BATTER CAKES.

Contributed by Mrs. A. ]V. Garbcr, " Iiiglcsidc," Richmond, Va.

Two eggs, I cup of meal, i salt spoon of salt, i cup of milk.
Make in a tJiin batter, adding more milk if necessary, and bake on
hot griddle. A table spoon of melted butter is an improvement.

Transcribed as printed in Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, 1908. Spelling and punctuation are left as in the source scan.

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