Lowney's Cook Book / Illustrated in Colors

by Maria Willett Howard

Hoe Cake

• 1 cup white corn meal
  ¼ teaspoon salt
  ¼ cup boiling water
  milk
  1 teaspoon baking powder

Mix salt and corn meal, add boiling water, let stand ten minutes. Add baking powder and sufficient milk to make a stiff batter. Grease a griddle; when hot, drop the mixture by spoonfuls on to it. When brown put a piece of butter on top of each cake and turn.