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a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round
They had warm tea cakes with clotted cream.
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Recent Examples of tea cake
Select flights also include Virgin's signature afternoon tea service, featuring sandwiches, tea cakes, and warm scones with jam and clotted cream.
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Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2025
The signature tea is The Langham Blend: a distinctive blend of black teas with a smooth, balanced flavor, ideal for pairing with traditional tea cakes.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The shop also offers a full vegan crepe menu; a small pastry case featuring homemade tea cakes, cookies and scones; an espresso bar with homemade syrups; and a cocktail menu.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Get this for your foodie friend (or yourself) and sample goodies like yuzu hard candies, strawberry matcha tea cakes, and cherry blossom tea.
—Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2025
The signature tea is The Langham Blend: a distinctive blend of black teas with a smooth, balanced flavor, ideal for pairing with traditional tea cakes.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The shop also offers a full vegan crepe menu; a small pastry case featuring homemade tea cakes, cookies and scones; an espresso bar with homemade syrups; and a cocktail menu.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Get this for your foodie friend (or yourself) and sample goodies like yuzu hard candies, strawberry matcha tea cakes, and cherry blossom tea.
—Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tea cake
cookie
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The menu will feature baked pollock, baked tilapia, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, clam chowder, steamed rice, steamed broccoli, French friends, assorted dinner rolls, cookies and ice cream.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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This nut is often enjoyed in cookies—but the macadamia nut has so much more to offer.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Tea cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tea%20cake. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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