Indian Meal Pound Cake

Ingredients

• I pint of yellow corn meal
• half a pint wheat flour
• a tea-spoonful of baking powder
• a small spoonful salt
• 1 grated nutmeg
• 1 table-spoonful ground cinnamon
• half a pound granulated sugar
• half a pound of butter
• 8 eggs
• a half cup of milk

Method

1. 1

   Sift corn meal and flour with baking powder and salt.

2. 2

   Beat sugar and butter together, then add eggs alternately with the meal and milk.

3. 3

   Bake in a well-buttered dish or pan in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

INDIAN MEAL POUND CAKE. Sift I pint of yellow corn meal and half a pint wheat flour, into which first put a tea-spoonful of baking powder and a small spoonful salt, i grated nutmeg, i table-spoonful ground cinnamon, put ^ pound granulated sugar and half a pound of butter together. Beat 8 eggs very light, and add to the butter and sugar alternately with the meal, a little at a time, and a half cup of milk

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