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Chorley cake

Chorley cake noun: a flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.

Noun

Chorley cake (plural Chorley cakes)

  1. A flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.

Forms of Chorley cake

pluralChorley cakes

Origin of Chorley cake

After the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Questions about Chorley cake

What does Chorley cake mean?
Chorley cake means a flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.
What part of speech is Chorley cake?
Chorley cake is a noun.
What is the plural of Chorley cake?
The plural of Chorley cake is Chorley cakes.

Words near Chorley cake in the dictionary

  1. chorkies
  2. chorkor
  3. chorkors
  4. chorks
  5. Chorley
  6. Chorley cake
  7. Chorley cakes
  8. Chorleywood
  9. Chorleywood method
  10. Chorleywood process
  11. Chorlton

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