In August 1959, Queen Elizabeth entertained President Dwight Eisenhower
at Balmoral Castle near Edinburgh. At a barbecue in the Scottish
highlands, the Queen made drop scones also known as Scottish pancakes
for the President using a family recipe. The following year, enclosed in a letter
to the President, Queen Elizabeth included an annotated copy of her recipe:
4 teacups flour
4 tablespoons caster sugar
2 teacups milk
2 whole eggs
2 teaspoons bi-carbonate soda
3 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons melted butter
Beat eggs, sugar and about half the milk together,
add flour, and mix well together adding remainder of
milk as required, also bi-carbonate and cream of tartar,
fold in melted butter
Enough for 16 people
Source: U. S. National Archives online webpage: