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Recent Examples of shortcake
With 30 minutes of active cooking time, strawberry shortcake is easier than ever to enjoy.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
Other ways it could be used: with ice cream, yogurt, strawberry shortcake or a parfait.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Much like a classic hummingbird cake, this shortcake dessert is loaded with coconut, crushed pineapple, and vanilla.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2025
Haim’s new album gives vivid shape to a hard-to-define phase.
Recipes: Try our recipe for rye shortcakes with strawberry-mandarinquat compote and citrus labneh.
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—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
Other ways it could be used: with ice cream, yogurt, strawberry shortcake or a parfait.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Much like a classic hummingbird cake, this shortcake dessert is loaded with coconut, crushed pineapple, and vanilla.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2025
Haim’s new album gives vivid shape to a hard-to-define phase.
Recipes: Try our recipe for rye shortcakes with strawberry-mandarinquat compote and citrus labneh.
Games: Get our free daily crossword puzzle, sudoku, word search and arcade games.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcake
Noun
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At the same time, she becomes threatened by a minor scandal involving her dopey husband (Jack Lowden), all while dealing with her dysfunctional family, including the serial-cheater father (Woody Harrelson) who reenters her life and a brother (Spike Fearn) who has become something of a hermit.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
12 Dec. 2025
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On Monday morning, well-wishers, many wearing rain-coats, lined the roads behind a metal railing under drizzly skies as his convoy made its way through the winding roads near Beirut to the mountain-top tomb of a 19th century hermit now recognized as Saint Charbel Makhlouf.—
NPR,
NPR,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Traditionally made with lard, anise, and cinnamon, bizcochitos are a crisp, crumbly shortbread often served during holidays and celebrations.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Dec. 2025
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But in Georgia, more people searched for spritz cookies, a buttery, shortbread-like cookie with German roots.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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Soft, spreadable butter that can be used instantly on toast and biscuits, or in baking recipes for cookies, cakes, and more.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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For the ultimate dessert, add them to a bowl of ice cream or mix them into cookie dough.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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Christmas desserts: 7 Christmas dessert recipes to try this year, from apple pie to cheesecake Nord's Bakery WHAT: Nord's Bakery sells a gooey delicious chocolate chip cookie, snickerdoodles, sugar, thumbprint, macaroons, oatmeal raisin, double chocolate chip, sugar cookies and more.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Dec. 2025
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Costco also has a Kirkland Signature variety pack of dessert bars, which include brookies, pecan caramel brownies, wildberry macaroons, and macaroon madness bars.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The crust, which is made with gingersnap cookies, is thicker than most no-bake bars and has some salt for balance.—
Justin Burke,
Southern Living,
9 Dec. 2025
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The shop will also sell specialty ice cream flavors like eggnog and gingersnap.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
25 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Top it off with a bag of Route 11 chips and a brownie.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Spotted at Costco recently is the all-new Brownie Walnut Pie, a whopping 60 ounces of brownie, ganache, and walnuts.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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For dessert, customers can dine on treats like an orange blossom saffron olive oil cake for $11 (complete with black walnut tuile and strawberry coulis).—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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Expect squid ink tuile, risotto infused with langoustine bisque, pulled veal cheek, and a show-stopping dessert of sous-vide rhubarb and chocolate cremeux—finished with a warm Aperol.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Finishing the sweet bread is an elegant, crunchy almond macaron glaze.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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Breitbart logos adorned macarons and the foam on custom lattes.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Shortcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcake. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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