HOT CAKE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hot cake mean? 

• HOT CAKE (noun)
  The noun HOT CAKE has 1 sense:

1. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

  Familiarity information: HOT CAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOT CAKE (noun)

Meaning:

A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

battercake; flannel cake; flannel-cake; flapcake; flapjack; hot cake; hotcake; pancake; griddlecake

Hypernyms ("hot cake" is a kind of...):

cake (made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hot cake"):

buckwheat cake (a pancake made with buckwheat flour)

buttermilk pancake (a pancake made with buttermilk)

blini; bliny (Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream)

blintz; blintze ((Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked)

crape; crepe; French pancake (small very thin pancake)

german pancake; pfannkuchen (puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce)

latke; potato pancake (made of grated potato and egg with a little flour)

tortilla (thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour)