simnel cake

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simnel cake [ˈsɪmn^əl]

(Cookery) Brit a fruit cake, often coloured with saffron and covered with a layer of marzipan, traditionally eaten in Lent or at Easter

[C13 simenel, from Old French, from Latin simila fine flour, probably of Semitic origin; related to Greek semidalis fine flour]

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simnel cake

n (Brit) → marzipanüberzogener Früchtekuchen

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