Like some have said, no sugar in ours. This is my recipe that came from a home-town cookbook MANY years ago and it does call for sugar, which we omit.
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1 1/2 T. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 egg
1/2 cup milk(I use condensed milk + a little water)
1/8 c. melted shortening (I use oil)
Stir until dry ingredients are dampened. Pour into greased baking pan. Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.
(I quadruple this recipe and place oil and dry cornmeal in two large iron skillets...heat and pour batter in. After cooled, I cut and place dinner sized helpings in freezer bags.......works great for me. No hot oven every time...just 'nuke' what you need from freezer!)