tea cake

noun

1
: a small flat cake usually made with raisins
2
: cookie

Examples of tea cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The one that’s really popular this month is the Earl Grey tea cake. Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024 This cake honors the classic beverage with a sweet tea cake and tangy Lemonade Frosting. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024 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, 19 Jan. 2024 Even though they're called cakes, tea cakes are actually easy-to-make, easier-to-eat old-fashioned cookies with a light lemon flavor. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023 Winning bake: Cinnamon and banana tea cakes, and an afternoon tea party of chocolate and ginger tarts, lemon scones with passion fruit curd, raspberry choux buns, and finger sandwiches. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2023 The menu is very classic—think smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches, tea cakes, and scones made with Welsh butter. Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 21 June 2023 The spread features a darjeeling tea cake shaped like crown atop a crimson cushion, while the hotel bar serves a coronation cocktail: a martini with a splash of darjeeling tea, trimmed with gold leaf. Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023 The location—an impressive, airy Beaux Arts-style mansion fit for the Duke of Hastings—is a natural backdrop for the very British menu that includes cucumber and smoked salmon sandwiches, chicken salad on brioche, mini quiches, 'Majestic' apricot bars, and chocolate tea cake. Flora Tsapovsky, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tea cake was in 1805

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“Tea cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tea%20cake. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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