corn cake

Midland and Southern U.S. a flat corn bread baked on a griddle.

Origin of corn cake

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

See pancake.

There may have been other good things to eat, but Ted's memory could vouch only for the dates, oranges, and corn-cake.

Captain Ted |Louis Pendleton
A plate of greens was hot on the hearth, and a corn-cake was browning beautifully in the bake-kettle.

Shapes that Haunt the Dusk |Various
And Billy started on briskly, as if he knew well what supper meant, and thought he should have a share of corn-cake too.

The Nursery, December 1881, Vol. XXX |Various
It contained some rice, a piece of bacon, corn-cake, and three sweet-potatoes.

Manuel Pereira |F. C. Adams

He had picked up a piece of corn-cake in the field back of the works.

In The Ranks |R. E. McBride