Lowney’s – Buckwheat Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups buckwheat (approx. 340g)
• ½ cup corn meal or white flour (approx. 60g)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup molasses (60ml)
• ½ yeast cake
• ¼ cup lukewarm water (60ml)
• 2 cups warm water (480ml)
• 1 teaspoon soda

Method

1. Mix buckwheat, corn meal, and salt; add dissolved yeast cake, molasses and water; beat well. Let rise over night. In the morning beat, add soda, beat, and fry.
2. A pitcher is the most convenient dish for raising these cakes.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard