[roos] 
| 1. | a dessert made by lining a mold with sponge cake or ladyfingers and filling it with Bavarian cream. |
| 2. | a simpler version of this, consisting of a small piece of sponge cake topped with whipped cream and a candied cherry. |
| charlotte russe (rōōs') n. A cold dessert of Bavarian cream set in a mold lined with ladyfingers. [French : charlotte, charlotte + russe, Russian.] |