Cookery. A lozenge-shaped cake. Obsolete.

A round or circular slice or piece of something; a small round cake. Cf. roundel, n. 2. Obsolete.

A small sweet biscuit consisting chiefly of ground almonds, egg white, and sugar; (later also) a small cake with a fluffy texture made with…

Any of various small cakes, buns, or sweet biscuits; spec. (a) (Scottish and Irish English (northern)) a plain bun; (b) (chiefly North American) a…

attributive. Designating sponge cakes or biscuits of a type associated with, or supposedly… a kind of sponge biscuit, made by squeezing the sponge…

a small currant-cake, typically heart-shaped.

A kind of small cake containing currants.

English regional (northern). Frequently in form doo or dow. A small cake or biscuit; esp. one in the shape of a person (more fully yule-dough n. at…

Chiefly U.S. A small, soft, leavened cake made with butter with a flaky or crumbly texture similar to a British scone.

a small cake containing dried fruit with a hard, rough surface.

North American. A small round savoury cake of bread, similar to a scone in appearance, and typically made from a mixture of flour, fat, and a raising…

A (kind of) small rich cake, in French cookery baked in a fluted tin, and in English cookery usually baked in a dariole mould and decorated with…

A small finger-shaped cake made of choux-pastry, and filled with any of various kinds of cream.

a small individual sponge cake, typically covered with icing or other decoration; cf. cup-cake n. at cup, n. compounds 4.

A small fried cake or scone, typically eaten spread with jam, syrup, honey, or sugar.

a kind of fancy cake resembling a Banbury cake, but usually round.

A small fancy cake, biscuit, or sweet, usually served with coffee after a meal. Chiefly in plural. Also figurative.

= rock cake n.

A small cake, esp. one intended as a single serving.

In extended use. A rock cake. rare.

A small cake garnished with almonds and currant jelly, made to resemble a marigold flower. Obsolete. rare.

an elongated form of sponge biscuit.

The top of a muffin; spec. the part which rises above the rim of the tin or cup during baking; (now also) a type of muffin intended to resemble…

In French cookery: a biscuit made of sugared puff pastry, shaped like a palm leaf.

A square of sponge cake dipped in melted chocolate and grated coconut.

a sweet snack made with two (usually chocolate-flavoured) flat, round cakes and a creamy (usually vanilla-flavoured) filling.

In East African cookery: a small cake consisting of sweetened dough fried in oil, usually triangular in shape and typically eaten as a snack or as an…

a small individual sponge cake topped with buttercream and covered with coloured fondant icing; = fondant fancy n. at fondant, n. adj.compounds.

a small individual sponge cake topped with buttercream and covered with fondant icing.