If you add sugar to Cornbread, does that make it Corncake?

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

I add a touch of sugar to my Cornbread when I make it. I've been told that by doing so I'm not actually eating Cornbread, I'm eating Corncake. Is this true?

 

[Fraxinus]

stop posting.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

stop posting.

It's a legit question. I'm not spamming, if that's what you're implying.

 

[Deep Shadow]

Depends on how you define “cake”. I tend to define cake as having a different topping on it like frosting or whipped cream. So put some frosting on that bad boy and for sure you have corn cake. But lots of normal bread has sugar in it too so I’d still call it bread until it’s been further transformed.

I welcome any argument to the contrary, change my mind

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

Depends on how you define “cake”. I tend to define cake as having a different topping on it like frosting or whipped cream. So put some frosting on that bad boy and for sure you have corn cake. But lots of normal bread has sugar in it too so I’d still call it bread until it’s been further transformed.

I welcome any argument to the contrary, change my mind

This is my thought too. But apparently it is a belief, especially here in the southern US, that adding any sugar to Cornbread makes it a cake.

 

[Deep Shadow]

A tablespoon is not much sugar, hardly enough to call it cake

 

[Skip]

Would you eat it with ice cream? There is your answer.