Want a Simple Recipe for Low Carb Hoecake Success? (2024)

Posted by Susie T. on March 3, 2015 in Breads, Easy Button Low Carb Keto Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Low Carb Keto Recipes | 40 comments

For years low carb cornbread and low carb hoecake success eluded the Fluffys and their low carb lifestyle was hoecake-less and sad. Follow Fluffy Chix Cookto learn how theydeveloped alow carb cornbread recipe that works great forlow carb hoecakes with only a minor tweak.They’ll be the star of your hit parade in mere minutes. Bring “corny” back to your low carb life.

Hoecakes, as they are called in the South, have enjoyed a long ride on the popularity hit parade float. Some might even claim they’ve been the grand marshal of the parade for centuries, dating back to our Native American ancestors on the Eastern seaboard (Algonquians) and funneling down through the Southeast Native American tribes (Choctaw, Cherokee, etc). (Johnny cakes or Journey cakes in the north.)

In their most basic form they are cornmeal gruel, cooked by the spoonful, in pancake form, over a hot fire in a special pan called a hoe (not a real garden hoe). And hot off the fire, heaped with butter…well, I swear, you’d think you died and went to heaven. And eleventy billion people along the Atlantic seaboard, down through the South and into the Caribbean Islands and into South America can’t be wrong, because they all jones for them and include them in their traditional, ancestral diets.

But, and it’s a big butt…because hoecakes are made of corn, they are super high carb, high glycemic index too, and forbidden on a low carb diet. Wah.

Ring Ring
“Buh bye hoecakes. We have to break up with you. (It’s not me; it’s you.)” *Broken hearted sobbing ensues.*

In our house, growing up, we had grits, hominy, and hush puppies as regular, weekly staple, menu items (for many meals). We were no strangers to the beauty and wonder of corn, or maize as our ancestors called it. And although we never formally enjoyed hoecakes, the hush puppy was a very close counterpart. Oh boy howdy, did we “know” hush puppies!

It wasn’t until I hit my 20s and spread my culinary wings a little more that I found the Italian version of grits: polenta. Of course, true love followed immediately. And from there it was just a natural evolution from fried polenta (polenta set up into a loaf, sliced thinly, and pan fried in clarified butter or bacon grease) to hoecakes. What the hayull took me so long!!!?? And from there? Well let’s just say “mischief happened.”

If you’ve never tried using mini hoecakes as an “appetizer conveyance,” then you’ve never lived. Blinis (yeast-risen buckwheat pancakes) are traditionally used as a bread to become the base for caviar, smoked salmon, oh sooo many good things. And hoecakes are the Southern equivalent to the blini, with a just a tiny bit of “Hey y’all, watch this,” Southern swagger. Both Mr. Fluffy and I embraced hoecakes and celebrated their mighty position in our house and on our hit parade at any meal, or as part of any course.

Hold me. I need a moment. So it was with a little wailing and gnashing of teeth that the Fluffys broke up with hoecakes (hush puppies and blinis) back in 2000.

Until today.

Over the past 15 years we’ve played around with several low carb cornbread recipes. But this past year, we developed a mighty little recipe that satisfies the cornbread itch like nobody’s beeswax! It’s made from simple, readily available ingredients and uses the optional, but delicious, Amoretti Popcorn Extract. Induction Cornbread bakes in 3 1/2-inch mini cast iron skillets, 5-inch cast iron skillets,or 3-4 ounce ceramic ramekins just like real cornbread.

Oh my. Thah craaaahhhhpppsss ahhhhhh sayyyuuvvveeed!!! And we knew it was only a matter of time to evolve back to our heroic hoecake. Back to Southern roots—low carb keto style.

The Fluffys are happy and content again. No more living in “deprivation” (hehe) without the foods of our people. We have one more low carb keto analog that is perfectly Induction legal, doesn’t spike our blood sugar, nor cause insulin to take a trip to the stars. Our palates and habits are satisfied and we once more get to interact with our food in a personal historic manner (that’s important for sustainability), enjoy a mini low carbhoecake heaped with butter and low carb salted caramel syrup, or topped with sour cream, onion, capers and smoked salmon. Life is good and we think Low Carb Hoecakes will do a lot towards furthering your long-term low carb satisfaction.

Please try our Low Carb Hoecakes in some form, at any meal—even, or especially as an appetizer bread base, then run back here and shout with wild abandon about how much you love the frick out of these tiny golden discs of joy. We believe you too will make Low Carb Induction Hoecakes the grand marshal of your personal hit parade.

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