smetannik
smetannik noun: a type of sponge cake made with smetana.
Noun
smetannik (uncountable)
- A type of sponge cake made with smetana.
- Also served was smetannik, a walnut sponge cake with sour cream filling; […]1990 November 18, “Homemakers hold program on Russia”, in Granite City Press-Record Journal, volume 6, number 46, Granite City, Ill., →OCLC, page 5A, column 1
- More a café masquerading as a restaurant, Mari Vanna opens for lunch, does afternoon tea and continues until the last mouthful of smetannik (sour cream cake) has been consumed at dinner.2012, “Mari Vanna”, in The Good Food Guide 2013, London: Which?, →ISBN, “London” section, page 152, column 1
Examples of smetannik in a sentence
- The bakery offers fresh khachapuri, a Georgian cheese bread, and smetannik, a Russian sour cream cake.2014 April 18, Taryn Luna, “Small, independent grocers bracing for big competition”, in The Boston Globe, volume 285, number 108, Boston...
- A small New York company is behind the indulgent smetannik, or sour cream cake.2015 August 19–26, Alice Levitt, “Crumbs”, in Pamela Polston, Paula Routly, editors, Seven Days, volume 20, number 50, Burlington, Vt.: Da...
Origin of smetannik
From Russian смета́нник (smetánnik).
Questions about smetannik
- What does smetannik mean?
- Smetannik means a type of sponge cake made with smetana.
- How do you use smetannik in a sentence?
- The bakery offers fresh khachapuri, a Georgian cheese bread, and smetannik, a Russian sour cream cake.
- What part of speech is smetannik?
- Smetannik is a noun.
Words near smetannik in the dictionary
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