English Explanatory Dictionary

Eccles cake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Eccles cake Eccles cakes

Etymology

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

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