Pontefract cake

noun

A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.

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Meanings

nounPontefract cake (plural Pontefract cakes)

plural Pontefract cakes

  1. A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.

Origin

From the Yorkshire town of the same name, Pontefract, where production of the sweets can be traced back to the 1500s.

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Pontefract cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pontefract%20cake

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“Pontefract cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pontefract%20cake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pontefract cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pontefract%20cake.

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