Lady Baltimore cake

American  

noun

1. a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.

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Etymology

Origin of Lady Baltimore cake

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

It was a wonderful Lady Baltimore cake.

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At luncheon she ate only pur�e of tomatoes, creamed chicken and sweetbreads, Boston bread and butter, orange punch and Lady Baltimore cake, severely cutting out the potatoes.

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Mary and I, we went to a party 141 at the Pinckneys to-day at Bures, the Calhoun children and the Rutledges were there and we had Lady Baltimore cake and a good time.

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With the news of Essie Tisdale's altered position—and Mrs. Terriberry missed no opportunity to convey the impression that Kincaid's resources were unlimited—the tide turned and the buffalo berry jelly, the Lady Baltimore cake, baked beans and Mrs. Parrott's tinned lobster salad, were the straws which in Crowheart always showed which way the wind was blowing.

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"The whites of sixteen aigs I put in this Lady Baltimore cake, and it's light as a feather."

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