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Eccles cake

Eccles cake noun: a small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry.

Noun

Eccles cake (plural Eccles cakes)

  1. A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry.

Forms of Eccles cake

pluralEccles cakes

Origin of Eccles cake

From the English town of the same name, Eccles, where the cake was first sold commercially in 1793.

Questions about Eccles cake

What does Eccles cake mean?
Eccles cake means a small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry.
What part of speech is Eccles cake?
Eccles cake is a noun.
What is the plural of Eccles cake?
The plural of Eccles cake is Eccles cakes.

Words near Eccles cake in the dictionary

  1. ECCL
  2. Eccl.
  3. eccle
  4. Ecclefechan
  5. eccles
  6. Eccles cake
  7. Eccles cakes
  8. Eccles Road
  9. eccles.
  10. Ecclesall
  11. Ecclesbourne

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