'Hoecake' definitions:

Definition of 'hoecake'

(from WordNet)
noun
Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)

Definition of 'Hoecake'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoecake \Hoe"cake`\, n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.] [1913 Webster]