Meanings
plural Battenberg cakes
- countableuncountableA light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.
There are some who think that Battenberg cake is a bit tacky, but I resolutely refuse to count myself among their number. Admittedly, it's not a cake that goes with many people's colour schemes, […]
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.
Origin
The origin of the name is not clear, but one theory claims that the cake was created in honour of the marriage of Prince Louis of Battenberg, with the four squares representing the four Battenberg princes.
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