• ¼ cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 2 eggs
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• ½ tablespoon salt

Cream the butter. Add sugar, then eggs, beaten, without separating, until light-colored and thick. Into this stir, alternately the milk, flour, and corn meal, sifted with the baking powder and salt. Beat thoroughly, and bake about twenty minutes in hot, well-buttered gem-pans.