Banbury cake

noun

1. a small, oval pastry containing currants, candied peel, honey, spices, etc., usually with three parallel cuts across the top.

Banbury cake

noun

1. a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top

Word History and Origins

Origin of Banbury cake¹

1605–15; named after Banbury, where it was made

Example Sentences

The following little “Banbury Cake” Book is so excessively rare, we give the text verbatim.

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