Rub the butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs, beaten together lightly, then the flour, in which you have mixed the baking−powder, and then the milk.
It is easy to know when you have the batter just right, for you can put a tiny bit on the griddle and make a little cake;
if it rises high and is thick, put more milk in the batter;
if it is too thin, it will run about on the griddle, and you must add more flour; but it is better not to thin it too much, but to add more milk if the batter is too thick.