Bread Cakes

Name: Bread Cakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 to 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 14-16 slice stale bread and or heels; 2 Tbsp corn meal (i use white); 2 Tbsp sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 c canned milk or half and half - more if needed; 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)

By Donna Walker
@DHW

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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Serves:

2 to 4

Prep:

10 Min

Cook:

15 Min

Method:

Pan Fry

Ingredients

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14-16 slice

stale bread and or heels
2 Tbsp

corn meal (i use white)
2 Tbsp

sugar
2

eggs
1 1/2 c

canned milk or half and half - more if needed
1/2 tsp

cinnamon (optional)

How to Make Bread Cakes

Step-by-Step

Break 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.
Heat 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.
This recipe is from my mother. Her family made this for breakfast during the depression. I grew up eating this and love it.