English Explanatory Dictionary

Lane cake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bourbon-laced sponge cake with fruit, traditional in the American South.

Word forms

Lane cake

Etymology

According to food scholar Neil Ravenna, the inventor was Emma Rylander Lane, of Clayton, Alabama, who won first prize with it at the county fair in Columbus, Georgia.

Synonyms

Alabama Lane cake prize cake
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