ashcake

[ ash-keyk ]

/ ˈæʃˌkeɪk /

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cornbread baked in hot ashes.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1800–10; ash¹ + cake

The ashcake was soon spread upon the hearth and covered with hot ashes.
Negro Tales|Joseph Seamon Cotter
Marster fed us plenty ashcake, fresh meat, and ash roasted 'taters, and dere warn't nobody what could out wuk us.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
Us had dem good old red peas cooked wid side meat in a pot in de fireplace, and ashcake to go wid 'em.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
Ashcake was most as good as 'taters cooked in de ashes, but not quite.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1|Work Projects Administration

When Abraham thought the stranger was asleep he told his wife to prepare an ashcake for their supper.
Negro Tales|Joseph Seamon Cotter