charlotte russe
Americannoun
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a dessert made by lining a mold with sponge cake or ladyfingers and filling it with Bavarian cream.
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a simpler version of this, consisting of a small piece of sponge cake topped with whipped cream and a candied cherry.
noun
Etymology
Origin of charlotte russe
1835–45; < French: literally, Russian charlotte
Example Sentences
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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
I'll con-centrate on his head until it gets so small that he can wear a charlotte russe cup on it instead of a sombrero.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
"And there's charlotte russe for your dessert, Master Philip," whispered the waitress: at which Philip forgot his wrongs and brightened visibly.
From The Wishing-Ring Man by Widdemer, Margaret
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
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