oil cake

American  

noun

1. a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.

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oil cake British  

noun

1. stock feed consisting of compressed cubes made from the residue of the crushed seeds of oil-bearing crops such as linseed

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Etymology

Origin of oil cake

First recorded in 1735–45

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oil cake

The cake has six layers of tender ricotta olive oil cake, each soaked with grapefruit juice and given a smear of grapefruit curd and mascarpone cream.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

We ordered an Ontario rhubarb terrine with camelina oil cake and goat yogurt mousse, and it was simply divine and perfectly balanced.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

The first dessert I riffed on was a moist olive oil cake, spiking it with cocoa to make it fudgy and intense.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

For example, I love making Karen Tedesco's orange flower olive oil cake from "Family Style" with blood orange-flavored oil.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2021

This is especially the case with the different kinds of oil cake, the leguminous seeds, clover, hay, and turnips.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson