princess cake

noun

A Swedish layer cake with layers of airy sponge, pastry cream, and whipped cream, covered in usually green marzipan.

OriginSwedish prinsesstårta →
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Meanings

nounprincess cake (countable and uncountable, plural princess cakes)

plural princess cakes

  1. countableuncountableA Swedish layer cake with layers of airy sponge, pastry cream, and whipped cream, covered in usually green marzipan.
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    But as a product of the European country with the highest rating for gender equality between men and women, princess cake is more subversive than its smooth marzipan surface might suggest. […] Princess cake went on to become the iconic Swedish dessert, one served at birthdays, graduations and office parties.

    2025 July 12, Lois Beckett, “It’s sexy! It’s Swedish! It’s everywhere! How princess cake conquered America”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Swedishprinsesstårta
  2. Englishprincess cake

Calque of Swedish prinsesstårta.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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