DCHP-1 Online

journey cake

• a thin flat cake made of cornmeal. See note at johnnycake (def. 1).

  See also: johnnycake (def. 1 and note)  

  • 1848  Receipts for Making . . . Common Journey, or Johnny Cake.
  • 1959  Maple syrup reminds me of johnny cake . . . [,] first called "journey cake," because it was made in easy-to-pack flat slabs, suitable for travellers to carry on trips.