Old-Fashioned Johnny Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1/2 cup milk (or cream, for extra richness)
• 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
• 1 1/3 cup soft cake flour (can use all purpose)
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup milk

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350F. Grease an 8-inch square cake pan and set aside.

2. 2

   In a medium bowl, stir together the 1 cup cornmeal with the 1/2 cup milk. Set aside.

3. 3

   In a large bowl with an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter. Gradually add the 1/2 cup sugar. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together the 1 egg and 1 cup milk. Add the flour mixture alternately with the egg/milk mixture to the creamed butter/sugar mixture, beating until well combined. Blend in the reserved cornmeal mixture.

4. 4

   Pour in to prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until set.