ash cake

noun

A bread (cake), usually specifically of cornmeal (thus, a cornbread), baked in hot ashes.

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Meanings

nounash cake (countable and uncountable, plural ash cakes)

plural ash cakes

  1. countableuncountableA bread (cake), usually specifically of cornmeal (thus, a cornbread), baked in hot ashes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncorn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)

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ashcake
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cornbread
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ashcake

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From ash + cake.

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Translations

German Aschenkuchen
  • Aschenkuchencake (bread) baked in ashes — see also ash bread
Polish placek pieczony w popiele
  • placek pieczony w popielecake (bread) baked in ashes — see also ash bread
Cite this entry
APA

ash cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ash%20cake

MLA

“ash cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ash%20cake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ash cake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ash%20cake.

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