Meanings
nounChorley cake (plural Chorley cakes)
plural Chorley cakes
- A flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.
Origin
After the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England.
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