Johnny Cake

Ingredients

• One breakfast-cupful of Maize Meal
• One and a half breakfast-cupfuls of Flour
• One teacupful of Sugar
• One ounce and a half of Butter
• White of one Egg
• Half a teacupful of Milk

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and baking-powder; beat the egg and mix with the milk; add to the dry ingredients, forming a very thick batter.

2. 2

   Bake in a well-greased shallow baking-tin, in a moderately hot oven for about three-quarters of an hour.

3. 3

   Cut open and butter whilst hot; or it may be eaten cold.

4. 4

   A teacupful of sultanas may be added if liked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Apsley cookery book (1905) by Webster, John J. Mrs, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Johnny Cake. Ingredients. One breakfast-cupful of Maize Meal. One and a half breakfast-cupfuls of Flour. Baking-powder. One teacupful of Sugar. One ounce and a half of Butter. White of one Egg. Half a teacupful of Milk

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