Southern Recipes
Cornbread Fritter Cakes
Prep: 10 min | Cook: 4 min | Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 egg, separated
- 3/4 cup frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
- 1 tablespoon diced red bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon diced green bell pepper
- Oil for deep fat frying
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and paprika.
- In another bowl, beat egg yolk; stir in corn and peppers. Add to flour mixture and stir to combine.
- Beat egg white until soft peaks form; fold into flour mixture.
- In a large frying pan, add enough oil to just cover the bottom of the pan; heat to medium high.
- Drop heaping tablespoonsful of batter into oil and press to flatten. Fry for 3 minutes; flip and continue to fry for one minute longer or until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.