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black cake

black cake noun: a Caribbean fruitcake based on the English plum pudding, with plums and raisins soaked in rum.

Noun

black cake (countable and uncountable, plural black cakes)

  1. A Caribbean fruitcake based on the English plum pudding, with plums and raisins soaked in rum.
    • ‘She was telling her daughter the best way to soak the fruit for black cake one Christmas.’2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 177

Forms of black cake

pluralblack cakes

Questions about black cake

What does black cake mean?
Black cake means a Caribbean fruitcake based on the English plum pudding, with plums and raisins soaked in rum.
What part of speech is black cake?
Black cake is a noun.
What is the plural of black cake?
The plural of black cake is black cakes.

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