tipsy cake

(Cookery) Brit 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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tipsy cake - a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit

trifle - a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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tipsy cake

n → mit Alkohol getränkter Kuchen

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Which brings us to our dish today, Tipsy Cake. Originally served at grand Victorian dinners as a large ornate cake, it has been reinterpreted to become a wonderfully soft, crunchy topped sticky pudding.

Tipsy in pink

And, just in case you were still feeling a bit peckish, the desserts included: Jelly, custard, blanc-mange, port wine, raspberry and lemon sponge, tipsy cake, trifles, lemon cheesecakes, apple tarts, plum or apricot tarts, Italian cheese, velvet cheese, apple mould, pines, grapes, pears, apples, apricots, peaches, melons, olives, walnuts, chestnuts, seed cake, iced queen cakes, biscuits, gingerbread, preserved ginger, cucumbers and oranges.

'Gargantuan' spread laid out for Gladstone

There are over 200 restaurants serving specialities such as Keshi Yena (like lasagne) and rum-soaked Bolo Boracho (tipsy cake), as well as fresh seafood and succulent steak.

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