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ˈtipsy-ˌcake
A cake saturated with wine or spirit, stuck with almonds, and served with custard.
1806Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Friendships Mary R. Mitford (1882) I. 10 We had..tipsey cake on one side, and grape tart on the other. 1845J. C. Atkinson in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 13. 134 Red gypsum, externally set as full of..dog's-tooth crystals as a tipsy-cake with almonds. 1859Habits of Gd. Society xiii. 338 As indispensable an element of the ball-supper as trifle, tipsy-cake, and mayonnaise. |