shortcake

 [shawrt-keyk]  

short·cake

   [shawrt-keyk]
noun
1.
a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
2.
a dessert made of short, sometimes sweetened, biscuit dough baked or split in layers, with a filling or topping of strawberries or other fruit.
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Origin:
1585–95; short + cake
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shortcake (ˈʃɔːtˌkeɪk)
 
—n
1.  a kind of shortbread made from a rich biscuit dough
2.  a dessert made of layers of shortcake filled with fruit and cream
 
[C16: from short (in the sense: crumbly)]

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