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

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

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

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.

From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

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.

From The Women of Tomorrow by Hard, William

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

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline