tipsy cake

British  

noun

1. a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit

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Example Sentences

Her Tipsy Cake includes a walnut liqueur from the French countryside and a pre-made Marie Callender’s poundcake.

From Washington Post

Across America’s South, there is tipsy cake.

From Washington Post

For the tipsy cake: Slice a small amount off the end of each blood orange; stand the orange on end and, with a sharp knife, slice away the peel and white pith all around.

From Washington Post

“Have some tipsy cake, will you?”

From Project Gutenberg

Micky was prodding the tipsy cake with a fork.

From Project Gutenberg