Battenberg cake

Battenberg cake
a light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.

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  • Battenberg cake — (or window cake) is a light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a distinctive two by two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when sliced, the characteristic checks are… …   Wikipedia

  • Battenberg cake — Battenberg [Battenberg] (also Battenberg cake)noun [C, U] (BrE …   Useful english dictionary

  • Battenberg cake — ➡ Battenberg * * * …   Universalium

  • Battenberg cake — /ˈbætnbɜg keɪk/ (say batnberg kayk) noun an oblong sponge cake divided sectionally into four squares in two colours, with jam between the squares and a marzipan outer covering. {from Battenberg, a town in Germany} …  

  • Battenberg — may refer to:* Battenberg, Hesse, a town in Hesse, Germany * Battenberg, Rhineland Palatinate, a town in Rhineland Palatinate, Germany *Battenberg, a German noble family from Hesse ** Julia von Hauke Countess of Battenberg, 1825 1895 **Prince… …   Wikipedia

  • Cake — For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). A layered pound cake filled with raspberry jam and lemon curd, and finished with buttercream frosting Cake is a form of bread or bread like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a …   Wikipedia

  • Battenberg — (also Battenberg cake) n [C, U] (BrE) a cake with a long square shape, covered with marzipan (= a soft mixture of almonds, sugar and eggs). When cut, each slice shows four squares of cake, two pink and two yellow. * * * …   Universalium

  • Battenberg — noun a) A small town in Hesse, Germany b) Battenberg cake …   Wiktionary

  • Battenberg — ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ an oblong marzipan covered sponge cake in two colours. ORIGIN named after the town of Battenberg in Germany …   English terms dictionary

  • Battenberg — type of cake, 1903, from name of a town in Germany, the seat of a family which became known in Britain as Mountbatten …   Etymology dictionary

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