Meanings
noun
- A bourbon-laced sponge cake with fruit, traditional in the American South.
Synonyms: Alabama Lane cake, prize cake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bourbon-laced sponge cake with fruit, traditional in the American South.
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Origin
According to food scholar Neil Ravenna, the inventor was Emma Rylander Lane, of Clayton, Alabama, who won first prize with it at the county fair in Columbus, Georgia.
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Lane cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lane%20cake
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“Lane cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lane%20cake. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lane cake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lane%20cake.
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