Cast Iron Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1 pinch cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons honey, or to taste
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup self-rising flour

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Melt butter in a cast iron skillet. Turn off heat and set butter aside until needed.
Combine cornmeal, salt, cayenne, honey, eggs, and buttermilk. Whisk to combine. Add flour and 1/2 the butter from the pan; whisk again. Pour batter over the remaining butter in the skillet
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool briefly before slicing.