What does "johnny cake" mean?

Alternative form of johnnycake (“type of basic cornbread”).

What is a synonym for "johnny cake"?

Common synonyms include: johnnycake, journey cake.

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
Alternative form of johnnycake (“type of basic cornbread”). Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, alt-of, alternative, colloquial
"The little girls sat under the pines eating their thick mutton sandwiches and big slabs of johnny cake spread with butter."
2
cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England) wordnet

"The little girls sat under the pines eating their thick mutton sandwiches and big slabs of johnny cake spread with butter."