| 单词 | butterfly cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly cake butterfly cake n. (a) a pressed cake made from bugong moths, formerly used as food by Australian Aboriginal people (rare); (b) a small sponge cake which has had a portion of the top removed, divided into two, and then reset with buttercream, etc., so as to resemble a butterfly's wings. ΚΠ 1906 N.Y. Times 13 May x. 4/7 The bodies and the oil are then made into the famous bugong or butterfly cakes. 1910 Table Talk Sept. 495/2 The ice cream may be served in yellow rose cases and should be accompanied by small butterfly cakes iced with white. 1932 Adelaide Chron. 4 Aug. 58/1 Butterfly cakes... Cut off the tops and fill them with whipped cream or vanilla filling. Cut the pieces of the tops in halves and put on top of cream to look like butterflies' wings. 1951 Irish Times 24 May 6/4 Butterfly cakes will please everyone. Children will love the way the little wings are set on top of luscious, creamy whorls. 2009 M. Berry Baking Bible 118 Butterfly cakes are quick and easy to make and very effective for a children's party. < as lemmas |
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