corn cake
Americannoun
Regional Use
See pancake.
Etymology
Origin of corn cake
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95
Example Sentences
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And the sought-after corn cake at nearby Lysée, a Korean-French pastry shop?
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
If you want a short path to a damn good sweet corn cake, however, you won't be disappointed.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
They waited an hour for blueberry-stained corn cake and ate chocolate chunk muffins for breakfast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2019
Resembling a corn cake and similar to the arepa, its Venezuelan cousin, a gordita is a classic street and lunch food throughout central and northern Mexico, easily enjoyed thanks to its portable size.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2017
But already I had overstepped my resolution, although not feeling desperately contrite about it after the sleight-of-hand way that a declaration of love had been changed into the accusation of filching a corn cake.
From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris
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