A batter cake baked between hinged iron plates called waffleirons.
Shut the iron tight, and bake the waffle on both sides, by turning the iron. – Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats by Miss Leslie
In a second Phoebe smiled back from the door: " Just one little waffle, tell Tempie," she said. – Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess