English Explanatory Dictionary

Battenberg cake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.

Word forms

Battenberg cake Battenberg cakes

Etymology

The origin of the name is not clear, but one theory claims that the cake was created in honour of the marriage of Prince Louis of Battenberg, with the four squares representing the four Battenberg princes.

Synonyms

battenberg
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