Mix and sift dry ingredients; add remaining ingredients; beat well. Bake in hot gem pans twenty to thirty minutes.

Hominy and Corn Muffins

Cook hominy, salt, butter and boiling water twenty minutes. Cool. Scald corn meal with hot milk, add sugar and hominy, yolks of eggs; beat well; add baking powder and beaten whites of eggs. Bake in hot buttered gem pans twenty to thirty minutes.

Rice and Corn Muffins

Mix corn meal, salt and baking powder; add rice and work with fingers until well blended. Add egg well beaten, milk and butter. Beat well. Pour into hot buttered gem pans, and bake one half hour.

Spider Corn Cake