corncake

3.0

A small flat cake made from ground corn, usually fried or baked and served as a side

noun
/ˈkɔrnˌkeɪk/

: tortita de maíz

Examples

I'm melting snow, first to drink and then to make corncakes.

Fiction book (2001)
At the family gathering, we served a traditional dish of corncake alongside the barbecue.
She enjoyed a delicious corncake topped with butter and syrup for breakfast.
The chef recommended the corncake as a perfect side dish for the spicy chili.

Synonyms

cornbread

vscorncake

42 2.4

A bread made from cornmeal usually served warm with butter

is a specific small flat cake form commonly served as a side

corn muffin

vscorncake

3 1.0

A small cake made from cornmeal like cornbread

is flat and cooked as a cake rather than in muffin form

cornpone

vscorncake

1 9.1

A simple cornbread made without milk or eggs and cooked in a pan

is usually a smaller prepared cake served as a side, not just plain bread

corn cake

vscorncake

1 2.0

A flat food like a pancake made from cornmeal and cooked on a pan

is smaller and often fried or baked as a side dish

johnnycake

vscorncake

1 9.1

A flat cornbread pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast in New England

is usually prepared smaller and either fried or baked for a side

corn fritter

vscorncake

1 2.5

A small fried cake of batter and bits of corn served hot as a snack or side dish

is a plain cornmeal cake often made without extra batter or kernels

journey cake

vscorncake

Archaic

8.0

A thin cornbread cooked like a pancake on a hot pan

is a smaller, side-serving cake usually fried or baked rather than pancake

corn dab

vscorncake

8.6

A small oval cake made with cornmeal that is fried or baked

is generally smaller and commonly served specifically as a side

skillet corn bread

vscorncake

3.4

A type of cornbread cooked in a frying pan that has a crisp golden crust

is a smaller plain cake typically fried or baked and served as a side

ashcake

vscorncake

9.9

A simple cornbread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes

is a small flat cornmeal cake usually cooked by ordinary frying or baking

Surface Forms

corncake singular

corncakes plural

Morphology

corncake = corn + cake (transparent) = corn + cake

A straightforward compound whose meaning ('a cake made from cornmeal') is directly deducible from 'corn' + 'cake'.

Etymology

Corncake is simply corn + cake. Here corn means the grain often called 'maize' and cake means a small cooked round, so a corncake is literally a small flat cake made from cornmeal and served as a side or for breakfast.