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

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Lady Baltimore cake

"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

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 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