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Simnel cake
A rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.
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A rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Simnel cake"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| simnelnoun | Synonym of simnel cake. |
| simlinnoun | Synonym of simnel cake. |
| mothering-cakenoun | (British, food) A simnel cake; one of various dessert cakes eaten on Mothering Sunday. |
| christmas cakenoun | A rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, traditionally eaten at Christmas. |
| simblinnoun | Alternative form of simlin. [Synonym of simnel cake.] |
| yule cakenoun | A rich sweet bread with spices and currants, etc. traditionally made for Yuletide. |
| mince pienoun | A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients. |
| madeira cakenoun | A simple cake, rather like a pound cake, with added lemon zest but no fruit; traditionally eaten with a glass of Madeira wine. |
| seblet cakenoun | (UK, Northamptonshire, obsolete) A seedcake traditionally made as a reward for the agricultural worker who had sown the seeds. |
| christmas puddingnoun | A rich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas, made from dried fruit and nuts. |
| eccles cakenoun | A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry. |
| fruitcakenoun | A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas. |
| savoy cakenoun | A kind of sponge cake baked in a shaped mold, with the addition of whipped cream, fruit, and icing sugar after baking. |
| queen cakenoun | (cooking, 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. |
| mazureknoun | A kind of Polish cake baked at Easter, typically made from pastry with a layer of butter sponge cake on top, sometimes affixed with marmalade, and topped with nut-based icing and candied fruits. |
| fruit cakenoun | Alternative form of fruitcake. [A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.] |
| king cakenoun | (Louisiana) A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day. |
| stollennoun | A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits. |
| cakenoun | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. |
| angel cakenoun | Angel food cake, a type of light sponge cake made without butter, which originated in the United States. |
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