mississippi cake
(from Godey's Ladies Magazine, edited by L.A. Godey, Sarah J. Hale, 1860)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from Godey's Ladies Magazine, edited by L.A. Godey, Sarah J. Hale, 1860)
Ingredients:
1 pint best yellow cornmeal
1 pint buttermilk
2 tbsp. melted butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. saleratus
Instructions:
One pint of the best yellow cornmeal, a pint of buttermilk, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two eggs, a teaspoonful of salt, and a teaspoonful of saleratus.
Photo by RightCowLeftCoast, CC 4.0
This cake sounds like some good cornbread, even if called a cake.
Note: Saleratus: Soda bicarbonate (baking soda). It was introduced about 1840. It required the addition of cream of tartar to work.
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