plum caken.

Brit.

/ˈplʌmkeɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpləmˌkeɪk/

Forms: see plum n. and cake n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plum n., cake n. and adj.

Etymology: < plum n. + cake n. and adj. Compare earlier plum pudding n. and adj.

A cake containing raisins, currants, and often orange peel and other candied fruits.Perhaps originally containing prunes (see note at plum n. 4a).

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > rich cake

spice-cake1530

sugar-cake1600

plum cake1606

butter cake1616

pound cake1743

black cake1823

Dundee cake1836

gâteau1845

fat-rascal1868

Dundee1920

Lane cake1921

1606 J. Chamberlain Let. 27 Mar. (1939) I. 219 A basket wherein the bearer saide were certain plumme cakes, which your sister Alice..opened and found them bisket.

c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) iii. 47 Your Schoolefellow with whome you vsd to walk[t] to pimblicoe to eate plumbe cakes & creame.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 124 And cram'd 'em..With Cawdle, Custard, and Plum-cake.

1722 in Harvard College Rec. (1925) II. 471 Hencefore no preparation nor Provision either of Plumb-Cake or rosted, boiled or baked Meats or Pyes of any kind shalbe made by any Commencer.

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. lxi. 396 The splendid iceing of an immense historic plumb-cake, was embossed with a delicious basso-relievo of the destruction of Troy.

1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 408 Our respectable new-year cookies, and cherry-bounce, elbowed aside by plumb-cake and outlandish liqueurs.

1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 34 Hadn't we better begin..by getting her a plum-cake?

1875 R. Hill & F. Hill What we saw in Austral. vi. 112 Tea is often served at dinner, and meat always at tea, and here was..rich plum cake for breakfast!

1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 330/1 The refreshment offered was usually plum-cake and currant or cowslip wine.

1953 G. Greene Living Room i. i A cake-stand with bread-and-butter on one level and a plum cake on another.

1999 A. Desai Fasting, Feasting (2000) xi. 128 Girls..supervised games of chance—lucky dips, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, toss-the-hoop, guess-the-weight-of-the-plum-cake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	plum cake
释义	plum caken. Brit. /ˈplʌmkeɪk/, U.S. /ˈpləmˌkeɪk/ Forms: see plum n. and cake n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plum n., cake n. and adj. Etymology: < plum n. + cake n. and adj. Compare earlier plum pudding n. and adj. A cake containing raisins, currants, and often orange peel and other candied fruits.Perhaps originally containing prunes (see note at plum n. 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > rich cake spice-cake1530 sugar-cake1600 plum cake1606 butter cake1616 pound cake1743 black cake1823 Dundee cake1836 gâteau1845 fat-rascal1868 Dundee1920 Lane cake1921 1606 J. Chamberlain Let. 27 Mar. (1939) I. 219 A basket wherein the bearer saide were certain plumme cakes, which your sister Alice..opened and found them bisket. c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) iii. 47 Your Schoolefellow with whome you vsd to walk[t] to pimblicoe to eate plumbe cakes & creame. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 124 And cram'd 'em..With Cawdle, Custard, and Plum-cake. 1722 in Harvard College Rec. (1925) II. 471 Hencefore no preparation nor Provision either of Plumb-Cake or rosted, boiled or baked Meats or Pyes of any kind shalbe made by any Commencer. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. lxi. 396 The splendid iceing of an immense historic plumb-cake, was embossed with a delicious basso-relievo of the destruction of Troy. 1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 408 Our respectable new-year cookies, and cherry-bounce, elbowed aside by plumb-cake and outlandish liqueurs. 1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 34 Hadn't we better begin..by getting her a plum-cake? 1875 R. Hill & F. Hill What we saw in Austral. vi. 112 Tea is often served at dinner, and meat always at tea, and here was..rich plum cake for breakfast! 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 330/1 The refreshment offered was usually plum-cake and currant or cowslip wine. 1953 G. Greene Living Room i. i A cake-stand with bread-and-butter on one level and a plum cake on another. 1999 A. Desai Fasting, Feasting (2000) xi. 128 Girls..supervised games of chance—lucky dips, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, toss-the-hoop, guess-the-weight-of-the-plum-cake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1606
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