Genoa cake

noun

A fruitcake consisting of sultanas, currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds, and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.

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Meanings

nounGenoa cake (countable and uncountable, plural Genoa cakes)

plural Genoa cakes

  1. UKcountableuncountableA fruitcake consisting of sultanas, currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds, and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.

Origin

From its origins in 16th-century Genoa as a Christmas cake.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 熱那亞蛋糕 /热那亚蛋糕
  • 熱那亞蛋糕 /热那亚蛋糕 (Rènàyà dàngāo)type of fruitcake
Finnish englantilainen hedelmäkakku
  • englantilainen hedelmäkakkutype of fruitcake
French galette génoise
  • galette génoisetype of fruitcake
German Genueser Kuchen, genuesischer Kuchen
  • Genueser Kuchentype of fruitcake
  • genuesischer Kuchentype of fruitcake
Italian pandolce basso, pandolce
  • pandolce bassotype of fruitcake
  • pandolcetype of fruitcake
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APA

Genoa cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Genoa%20cake

MLA

“Genoa cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Genoa%20cake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Genoa cake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Genoa%20cake.

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