#corn cake

Johnny Cake

From The Wise Little Hen

The History

I've talk about just about everything I can regarding this short, but there's still more food to cover.

The Food

Cornbread and cornmeal muffins are basically the same thing. At least here in the south they are. Up north, however, folks tend to add sugar to thier cornbreads making them into like cornbread pound-cakes. So in order to differentiate from the last recipe, here is a sweet cornbread cake from New England from 1931.

Ingredients

2 cups cornmeal

1/2 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon of baking soda

4 tablespoons butter, melted

Cookware

Greased 8x8 pan

Mixing bowl

Measure cup

Large spoon or spatula

Directions

Combine milk and baking soda and set aside

Mix corn meal, flour, and salt in a bowl

Add the egg, milk mixture, and the melted butter

Mix all together till batter is formed

Pour batter into greased baking pan

Bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees

And there is your dessert for the corn feast.

We've only one more recipe to go and we will be done with The Wise Little Hen.