One-quarter cup of hominy, one-half a teaspoonful of salt, one-half a cup boiling water, one cup scalded milk, one cup cornmeal, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of butter, two eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder.

Add hominy mixed with salt to boiling water and let stand until hominy absorbs water. Add scalded milk to cornmeal, then add sugar and butter. Combine mixtures, cool slightly, add yolks of eggs beaten until thick, and whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Sift in baking powder and beat thoroughly. Bake in hot buttered gem pans.