Carcake

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

Etymology

From care + cake. Compare Scots caurcake, kercake.

Related phrases

shrove tuesday

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