Buckwheat Cakes

Ingredients

• Half a pint of buckwheat flour
• a quarter of a pint of corn meal
• a quarter of a pint of wheat flour
• two eggs beaten very light
• one quart of new milk
• one tablespoonful of butter
• two large tablespoonfuls of yeast

Method

1. 1

   Mix flours, salt, and beaten eggs with warm milk; add butter and yeast.

2. 2

   Set to rise overnight.

3. 3

   If sour, stir in enough soda to correct acidity before baking.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 169. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BUCKWHEAT CAKES. Take a small crock or large earthen pitcher, put into it a quart of warm water or half water and milk, one heaping teaspoonful of salt ; then stir in as much buckwheat flour as will thicken it to rather a stiff batter; lastly, add half a cup of yeast; make it smooth, cover it up warm to rise over night; in the morning add a small, level teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little warm water ; this will remove any sour taste, if any, and increase the lightness. Not a few object to eating buckwheat, as its tendency is to thicken the blood, and also to produce constipation ; this can be remedied by making the batter one-third corn meal and two-thirds buckwheat, which makes the cakes equally as good. Many prefer them in this way. BUCKWHEAT CAKES WITHOUT YEAST. Two CUPS of buckwheat flour, one of wheat flour, a little salt, three teaspoonfuls baking powder; mix thoroughly and add about equal parts of milk and water until the batter is of the right consistency then stir until free from lumps. If they do not brown well, add a little molasses. BUCKWHEAT CAKES. Half a pint of buckwheat flour, a quarter of a pint of corn meal, a quarter of a pint of wheat flour, a little salt, two eggs beaten very light, one quart of new milk (made a little warm and mixed with the eggs before the flour is put in), one tablespoonful of butter or sweet lard, two large tablespoonfuls of yeast

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