单词 | rum cake |
释义 | > as lemmasrum cake rum cake n. any of various kinds of cake containing rum; esp. a sponge cake made with rum and baked in a ring-shaped mould.In quot. 1815 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1815 Vocal Mag. 2 Jan. 182 A soldier is a rum-cake who frightens well our foe, sir, And pretty miss a plumb-cake. 1882 E. M. Clark tr. L. Brisse 366 Menus & 1200 Receipts 102 Salmon pie. Vegetable salad. Baba or rum cake. 1956 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 22 Apr. 2/4 One of the great specialties of this same store was rum cake. 2007 Olive May 104/2 Try the ackee,..pepperpot soup,..curried goat and homemade rum cake. < as lemmas |
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