Dolly Varden cake

noun

A highly decorated cake in the form of a standing doll with a large flowing skirt.

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Meanings

nounDolly Varden cake (plural Dolly Varden cakes)

plural Dolly Varden cakes

  1. A highly decorated cake in the form of a standing doll with a large flowing skirt.

Origin

After Dickens' fictional character; see Dolly Varden.

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APA

Dolly Varden cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dolly%20Varden%20cake

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“Dolly Varden cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dolly%20Varden%20cake. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dolly Varden cake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dolly%20Varden%20cake.

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