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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.

Origin:
1585–95; short + cake
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short·cake   (shôrt'kāk')   
n.  
  1. A dessert consisting of a biscuit or cake served with fruit and topped with cream.

  2. The biscuit or cake made for this dessert.

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