Shortcake

noun

Definitions

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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream wordnet
  3. 3
    A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From short + cake.

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