tea cake

noun

: a small flat cake usually made with raisins

: cookie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In my family, the tea cake was perfected by my grandmother, and that torch has been passed to my mother, Georgia. —

Dallas News, 14 June 2022 Grab them along with a pack of four jelly doughnut morning buns ($26), a spinach and gruyere quiche ($66) or cranberry orange olive oil tea cake ($19). —

Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022 In 2019, Oreo and the Palace Museum created an imperial-themed line of Oreo cookies with flavors like green-tea cake, red-bean cake, and lychee-rose cake—the latter of which was a nod to the favorite snack of Qing Dynasty emperor Kangxi. —

Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 This simple recipe for chamomile tea cake uses every opportunity to imbue the final crumb with its flowery flavor. —

New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022 My favorite dessert on the current menu follows the seasonal thread: Stovall rethinks ciambellone, an Italian tea cake often scented with lemon zest, into a flourless olive oil and almond cloud. —

Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022 The afternoon tea features a wide variety of teas and a menu of royal Kensington biscuits, majestic apricot crumb bar, along with a chocolate tea cake. —

Roger Sands, Forbes, 17 May 2021 Filipino mango float to British tea cake to that nostalgic banana pudding on the back of the Nilla wafer box. —

Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2021 Stella Jean’s is known for its unique ice cream flavors, including recent specials s’mores, ube & pandesal toffee, milk & cookies and Earl Gray & citrus tea cake. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020 See More

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