Ash Cake Recipe ingredients

• 1 quart corn meal
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• Boiling water

To prepare this Ash Cake Recipe, first scald the meal; add the salt and shortening, and when the mixture is cool, form it into oblong cakes, adding more water if necessary. Wrap the cakes in cabbage leaves, or place one cabbage leaf under the cakes and one over them, and cover them with hot ashes.