Meanings
nounEccles cake (plural Eccles cakes)
plural Eccles cakes
- A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry.
Origin
From the English town of the same name, Eccles, where the cake was first sold commercially in 1793.
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Eccles cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eccles%20cake
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