cut cake

noun

A Jamaican dessert made with sliced coconut, ginger and brown sugar.

Meanings

nouncut cake (countable and uncountable, plural cut cakes)

plural cut cakes

  1. countableuncountableA Jamaican dessert made with sliced coconut, ginger and brown sugar.
  2. countableuncountableA traditional snack of the Uyghur in Xinjiang, made with candied fruit, syrup, flour, and nuts.

Origin

(Uyghur traditional confectionery): So called because it is made in large blocks, from which slices are cut.

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