Eccles cake

noun

1. a pastry with a filling of dried fruit

Example Sentences

They send what they have: biscuits, a bar of chocolate, half a pint of milk, a packet of tea, an Eccles cake and a bag of chips.

From Los Angeles Times

Before the bake-off, it was nearly impossible to find classic British sweets like Victoria sponge sandwiches, Eccles cakes and Bakewell tarts unless you or your granny made them at home.

From New York Times

One might find oneself holding out for the freckle - a marriage of fruit scone and Eccles cake that, regrettably, exists thus far only in the imagination.

From BBC

A noncliché London experience would involve ox cheeks, jellied eels, Eccles cakes.

From New York Times

Eccles cakes are delicious Currant sandwiches which are very popular in Manchester.

From Project Gutenberg