This section is from the book "More Recipes For Fifty", by Frances Lowe Smith. Also available from Amazon: More Recipes For Fifty.
1 1/2 quarts pastry flour 3/4 quart corn flour 5 tablespoons oil or fat 7 tbspns. baking powder
4 1/2 cups milk 5 well-beaten eggs 2 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 tablespoon salt
Any kind of corn meal or corn flour may be used. Five and one-fourth quarts barley may be used instead of pastry. Cream together shortening and half of sugar. Add remaining sugar to well-beaten eggs, and combine mixtures. Sift dry ingredients together, and add alternately with milk to first mixture. Pour into oiled pans to depth of half or two-thirds of an inch. Bake in moderate oven. Serve with sweet Chocolate Sauce, Fluffy Fruit Sauce, or any sauce that is quite sweet.
 
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