# hoecake

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron pan called a hoe; in modern times, it is fried in cooking oil in a skillet.

## Etymology
From hoe + cake, since it was often cooked on a hoe (a type of pan, not the gardening implement).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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