charlotte russe

American  

[roos] / rus /

noun

1. a dessert made by lining a mold with sponge cake or ladyfingers and filling it with Bavarian cream.

2. a simpler version of this, consisting of a small piece of sponge cake topped with whipped cream and a candied cherry.

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charlotte russe British  

/ ruːs /

noun

1. a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc

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Etymology

Origin of charlotte russe

1835–45; < French: literally, Russian charlotte

Example Sentences

Confections include Victoria’s Crown charlotte russe, Earl Grey tea biscuits and puff pastry horns filled with rose pistachio and mocha hazelnut buttercream frosting.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2016

Elephant's Work is written as smoothly as whipped cream, and it is not a jot more thrilling that a session with a charlotte russe.

From Time Magazine Archive

When you cannot get cream, to make charlotte russe, this is a good filling, if you omit the whites of eggs, and fill the moulds when the cream is perfectly cold, but not hardened.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

Never write: What were you doing at Pat's dinner lathering your face with a charlotte russe?

From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett

If there be much fancy cooking, there must be an ice cream freezer, jelly and charlotte russe moulds and many little pans and cutters.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria