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

Of course a charlotte russe can be varied in many ways.

From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine

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

But thou wert as well pleased with a charlotte russe!

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de