ashcake
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ash·cake
(ăsh′kāk′)n. Chiefly Southern US
See johnnycake.
[From its being baked in hot ashes.]
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ashcake
(ˈæʃˌkeɪk)n
(Cookery) a cake or bread that contains cornmeal and is cooked in the embers of a fire
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| Noun | 1. | ashcake - corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) cornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal |
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