Sweetcorn (mealie) bread
A no-fuss, easy corn bread made by simply mixing all the ingredients together.
Makes 1 loaf
375 ml (1½ cups) cake wheat flour
15 ml (1 Tbsp) baking powder
2 ml (¼ tsp) salt
250 ml (1 cup) maize meal
125 ml (½ cup) sugar
3 extra-large eggs
160 ml (⅔ cup) cooking oil
410 g can cream-style sweetcorn
1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add maize meal and sugar.
2. Whisk the eggs and oil together. Add to the dry ingredients with the sweetcorn and mix well.
3. Turn out into a greased 22 cm loaf pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 50 – 60 minutes. Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with butter.
Variation
Add 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla or caramel essence.