queen cake

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queen cake

/ˈkwiːn keɪk/ UK
/ˈkwin ˌkeɪk/ US

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From queen + cake.

noun queen cakes · queencake · queen-cake · queen's cake

dated A soft, muffin-sized, often heart-shaped cake, particularly popular in the 18th century, containing currants and flavoured with mace and sometimes lemons or oranges, which may be topped with chocolate or shredded coconut. To make Queens Cakes. Take a Pound of dry'd Flovver, a Pound of refin'd Sugar ſifted, and a Pound of Currans vvaſh'd, pick'd, and rubb'd clean, and a Pound of Butter vvaſh'd very vvell, and rub it into the Flovver and Sugar, vvith a little beaten Mace, and a little Orange-Flovver VVater; beat ten Eg
Similar: heart cake

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@misc{queen_cake_2026,
  title = {queen cake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/queen%20cake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}