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almond cake

American  

noun

Chemistry.
  1. the residue of almonds from which oil has been expressed.


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Her favorite is the fallen fruit cake, but the bakery also sells a flourless chocolate almond cake and German chocolate cake.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

And Klein tells me that I need to go to the bakery and get an almond cake.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025

Following the same recipe dating from the late 1700s, the nuns make their signature almond cake known as tarta de Santiago.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

It’s a one-bowl almond cake that comes together quickly, requires fewer than 10 ingredients and takes less than an hour to bake.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

Now I knew my mother had liked almond cake with honey and hot tea, that she’d once used the word “profoundly,” that she’d fretted about her happiness.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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