Indian Meal Batter Cakes
From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884
Serves 4
Light and fluffy cakes.
Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Indian Meal Batteb Cakes. Scald one pint of sifted meal; mix with half a pint of wheat flour and a dessert-spoonful of salt; thin the mixture with three well-beaten eggs and some sour milk. Beat the whole well together till very light, and add a dessert-spoonful of saleratus
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