Definition of Battenberg cake
chiefly British
:a rectangular cake that is usually covered with marzipan and that is assembled from two differently colored sponge cakes so that a slice of the cake has a checkered pattern
- … checkerboard Battenburg cakes coated with marzipan …
- —Toronto Star, 18 May 2005
- … the retro pink and yellow checker board Battenberg cake is delightfully finger sized.
- —Marketwire, 29 June 2010
