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Definition of Eccles cake
1. Noun. A flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Eccles cake
1. Noun. A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry. ¹
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Literary usage of Eccles cake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine (1905)
"The Eccles cake resembles the Banbury in flavour and composition. ... The one
declares himself to be " The Old-Established Eccles cake Maker, Never Removed ..."
2. Handbook for Lancashire by John Murray (Firm) (1880)
"... these cakes are made, opposite to ( ach other, ne ir the ch. gt\tes. The sign
of une reads : " Bradburn s. The Old Eccles cake-maker. Never removed. ..."
3. What is Good English? and Other Essays by Harry Thurston Peck (1899)
"I have often wished that I could eat some Hot Pot and an Eccles cake, but somehow
my gastronomic courage has always failed me, blighted perhaps by the warm ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1905)
"What has Rags had to say to-day ? " was one of her father's regular questions.
She reported once : " He was sweet. I bought him an Eccles cake, and oh, Dad, ..."
5. Sketches of Lancashire Life and Localities by Edwin Waugh (1857)
"... Brown nuts, spice bread, and Eccles cake;t And sundry rustic pranks and rigs;
To entertain the country folks; With old "Chum"j cracking nuts and jokes, ..."
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