White Corn Cake

A dish that gets its character from butter and sugar.

Biscuits, Breakfast Cakes, And Shortcakes

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1⅓ cups milk
  • Whites 3 eggs
  • 1¼ cups white corn meal
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ¼ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 1⅓ cups milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cream the butter; add sugar gradually; add milk, alternating with dry ingredients, mixed and sifted. Beat thoroughly; add whites of eggs beaten stiff. Bake in buttered cake pan thirty minutes.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories432
Protein15.0 g
Fat14.7 g
Carbs60.5 g
Fiber1.1 g
Sodium1241 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States