honeycake
honeycake noun: a cake made with honey.
Noun
honeycake (plural honeycakes)
- A cake made with honey.
- On their return to the hallway they found a tray by the top of the steps, and hot honeycakes filling the hall with their sweet aroma.1990, Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World
- My Aunt Elizabeth makes this deliciously dark and chewy chocolate honeycake with layers of tangy plum jam.2011 March 31, Beata Zatorska, “Around the world in 80 dishes No. 49: Elizabeth's honeycake with plum jam”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022
Forms of honeycake
| plural | honeycakes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | honey cake |
Origin of honeycake
From honey + cake.
Questions about honeycake
- What does honeycake mean?
- Honeycake means a cake made with honey.
- What part of speech is honeycake?
- Honeycake is a noun.
- What is the plural of honeycake?
- The plural of honeycake is honeycakes.
Words near honeycake in the dictionary
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