A simple cornbread or flatbread traditionally baked in the ashes of a fire or hearth, especially in Southern American cuisine.
From ash plus cake; literally a cake baked in ashes. This cooking method dates back centuries to when open fires were the primary cooking method.
Ashcakes reveal how cooking technology shapes food history—once people had ovens, ashcakes nearly disappeared, yet colonial American cooks kept making them because they were quick and required minimal equipment.
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