bread cakes
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My Mother fixed Bread Cakes for breakfast. It was my favorite breakfast meal. I have recreated the recipe from memory. It is a great recipe for using up stale bread (heels and left over bread). Make some bread cakes for breakfast and serve with butter and syrup. YUM!
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(1 rating)
yield
2 to 4
prep time
10 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Pan Fry
Ingredients For bread cakes
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14-16 slicestale bread and or heels
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2 Tbspcorn meal (i use white)
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2 Tbspsugar
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2eggs
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1 1/2 ccanned milk or half and half - more if needed
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1/2 tspcinnamon (optional)
How To Make bread cakes
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1Break the bread into small pieces, add corn meal, sugar, eggs and milk and mix until well mixed. Add more milk if necessary until the mixture is a little wet. Let mixture sit for 5 minutes. Add more milk if it appears dry. -
2Heat griddle and oil to about 300 – 325 degrees. Spoon the batter on the griddle in small to medium cakes. Cook until brown on both sides and serve with butter and maple syrup. Makes about 6 cakes.
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3This recipe is from my mother. Her family made this for breakfast during the depression. I grew up eating this and love it.
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