The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Griddlecake \Grid"dle*cake`\, n.
   A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake,
   as of buckwheat or common flour.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

griddlecake
    n 1: a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
         [syn: drop scone, griddlecake, Scotch pancake]
    2: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
       [syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-
       cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot
       cake]