ashcake

[ash-keyk]

noun

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. cornbread baked in hot ashes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ashcake¹

First recorded in 1800–10; ash ¹ + cake

Example Sentences

After all, anyone would get tired of eating the same ashcake and fat back, or herring, day after day.

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Us have de big room where de slaves' meals all cook and de fireplace 'bout four foot 'cross and plenty ashes in de mornin' to make de ashcakes.

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Us raked out hot ashes den and cooked good old ashcakes what was a heap better for us dan dis bread us buys from de stores now.

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Lots of de cornbread was baked in pones on spiders, but ashcakes was a mighty go in dem days.

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"I am so strong, you see, and besides I really like Aunt Floretta's ashcakes."

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