1 quart (4 cups)of flour
1 pint (2 cups) milk or water
1 tablsoon butter - melted
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
Add melted butter to milk or water. Then stir in the baking soda. Now slowly stir into flour. Take cream of tarter and mix with a small amount of water. Add to flour mixture. Now pour out a spoonful onto hot lightly greased skillet.
Original Recipe
One quart of flour; one pint of milk or water. Put one tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda into the milk or water. Dissolve two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tarter in a small quantity of water. Add it to the batter immediately before baking it. To be baked in thin cakes, on a griddle. These are favorite breakfast cakes in Virginia.