| 单词 | lady baltimore |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLady Baltimore Lady Baltimore n. [apparently either directly < the title of Lady Baltimore, wife of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (c1580–1632), the founder of Maryland, or < the name of the Lady Baltimore Tea Room in Charleston, South Carolina, where such a cake may first have been made (although the shop may alternatively have been named after the cake)] U.S. (more fully Lady Baltimore cake) a light-textured white layer cake, traditionally iced and with a filling containing pecans, dried fruit, etc.Further popularized by Owen Wister's novel Lady Baltimore, which describes such a cake (see quot. 1906). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > sponge-cake Savoy cake?1750 sponge cake1808 muffin1835 Madeira cake1845 Victoria sandwich1861 angels' food1865 marble cake1871 sponge1877 angel cake1878 angel food cake1878 layer cake1882 sponge sandwich1884 Lady Baltimore cake1889 sand cake1892 sandwich cake1911 Victoria sponge1934 red velvet1951 1889 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Aug. 14/2 Lady Baltimore Cake. 1906 O. Wister Lady Baltimore vii. 89 I'll have to-day, if you please, another slice of that Lady Baltimore. 1948 Chicago Tribune 15 Jan. 4/6 (advt.) Lady Baltimore Cakes, 85c–$1.10. 4 white, fine-grained layers, filled and iced with butter cream. 1970 New Yorker 5 Sept. 36/3 My mother stayed out of the kitchen..except for making..an occasional cake, like the monument for Father's birthday called a Lady Baltimore. 2006 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Star section) 2 Martha exhibited a perfect Lady Baltimore cake. < as lemmas |
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