tea cake

noun

1

: a small flat cake usually made with raisins

2

: cookie

Synonyms of tea cake

• cookie

Examples of tea cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The funfetti tea cake has an appropriately elegant spin—flower petals are the sprinkles. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Around 4,500 hospitality meals are served each day, along with a delightfully English 12,000 scones (half fruit, half plain) and another 12,000 tea cakes per Test. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 June 2026

The challenge required humanoid robots to identify and pluck tea leaves, carry loads across uneven mountain terrain, spread leaves for sun-drying, and participate in subsequent processing stages, including roasting and pressing tea cakes. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026

Located in one of Pacific Highlands Ranch’s unique shopkeeper units next to the Village shopping center, The Cakery is a modern Korean-French bakery that specializes in cheesecakes and French tea cakes. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for tea cake

• awake
• backache
• beefsteak
• betake
• cheesecake
• cupcake
• daybreak
• earthquake
• forsake
• gouache
• handshake
• headache