shortcake

noun

  1. 1

    A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.

  2. 2

    A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.

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