Have you ever had johnnycakes before? What about cooked over a fire? Johnnycakes were a common item consumed by immigrants while traveling to California in the 1840s by wagon. Because Sutter’s Fort was the end point on the California Trail, we thought we would try out a johnnycakes recipe from the 1840s. In this video, Channey cooks some johnnycakes in the kitchen at Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park. The johnnycakes were cooked in a cast iron pan over hot coals. With our busy school season star