Dundee cake
Britishnoun
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He coined his own version of the London underground map, in which the stations are named after the tastes they trigger on his tongue – King’s Cross to him tastes like a moist Dundee cake.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2015
Of Scottish ancestry, her Dundee cake is a variation on the classic, named for the city famous for its marmalade industry.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2011
The visitor then took out of a little bag a Dundee cake and some sweets, and cut a small slice of the cake with his penknife.
From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron
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