linzer torte

A form of linzertorte — A traditional Austrian pastry, a form of shortbread topped with fruit preserves and sliced nuts with a lattice design on top.

Meanings

linzer torte1

nounlinzer torte (countable and uncountable, plural linzer tortes or linzer torten)

plural linzer tortes · plural linzer torten

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of Linzertorte.

    There are many ways of compounding linzer torten, of nearly the same ingiedients.

    1873, [Anne Letitia Schiller], “‘Linzer Torte’—Linzer Cake”, in German National Cookery for English Kitchens. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, chapter XII (Torten), page 237
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    Dear, sweet home. I wanted to embrace it all, every piece of it. There were dozens of things I couldn’t wait to do. And there were a hundred things I wanted to tell of: eating linzer torte in Austria; viewing glaciers in Switzerland; drinking coffee at the cafés in Italy.

    2013, Siri Mitchell, “Lucy”, in Unrivaled: A Novel, Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House, →ISBN, page 8

    The Store sold baked goods from lots of people over the years. All of them lived within a few blocks. Lester worked for the board of education and baked linzer tortes on the side.

    2017, Tamara Shopsin, “A Seven-Day Pillbox”, in Arbitrary Stupid Goal, New York, N.Y.: MCD, →ISBN, page 48

Linzer torte2

nounLinzer torte (countable and uncountable, plural Linzer tortes or Linzer torten)

plural Linzer tortes · plural Linzer torten

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of Linzertorte.

    As we turned the comer towards our hotel, there it was: the Café Danube, […] Inside, we saw our people, […] eating Linzer torte and Black Forest cake, […]

    1983, Arthur A[llen] Cohen, “Part Two: America”, in An Admirable Woman: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: David R. Godine, →ISBN, page 84
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    Black wrought iron candlesticks holding ivory candles will be on the tables and black lacquer trays will hold Viennese Linzer torten which will be offered with the punch.

    1963 May 16, “Colorful Decor for Preview of ‘Old Navy’”, in Buffalo Evening News, volume CLXVI, number 31, Buffalo, N.Y., →OCLC, page 18, column 4
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