shortcake
See also: Shortcake
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shortcake (countable and uncountable, plural shortcakes)
- A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
- A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
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Borrowed from English shortcake.
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shortcake m (plural shortcakes)
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- shortcake on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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shortcake m (invariable)
- shortcake
- 2017, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, translated by Mariarosa Musco, Cosa ho fatto per amore [What I Did for Love], Leggereditore, →ISBN:
- Vorremmo lo shortcake alle noci pecan con caramello caldo.
- [original: We’ll have the pecan shortcake with hot fudge sauce.]
- 2017, Chris Kraus, translated by Maria Nadotti, I love Dick, Neri Pozza Editore, →ISBN:
- «[…] Lontani ricordi di cibo: shortcake alle fragole, purè di patate».
- [original: “[…] Distant memories of food: strawberry shortcake, mashed potatoes…”]
- 2018, Jean C. Joachim, translated by Simona Trapani, L’ultima Chance per L’amore [Love’s Last Chance], Moonlight Books, →ISBN:
- “Ti va un dessert?” le chiese. / “Sono abbastanza piena.” / “Qui fanno la vera shortcake alle fragole. Non ti piacciono le fragole?”
- [original: “How about dessert?” he asked. / “I’m pretty full.” / “They have real strawberry shortcake here. Don’t you love strawberries?”]
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- shortcake on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it