hoecake

English - Turkish

Definition of hoecake in English Turkish dictionary

(Gıda) mısır unundan yapılan kek

English - English

Definition of hoecake in English English dictionary

A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made of water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a hoe, now it is fried in cooking oil in a skillet

In Jean Fritz's children's book George Washington's Breakfast the protagonist finds out that George Washington may have eaten hoecakes for breakfast.

thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (Southern)

A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; so called because often cooked on a hoe

{i} flat cake made from corn meal

Related Terms

hoecakes

plural of hoecake

Hyphenation

hoe·cake

Etymology

() So called because the cake was often cooked on a hoe.