Meanings
plural wine cakes
- Any of various types of cake made with wine as an ingredient.
“Where you bought those nice wine cakes, lady?” Darlene asked Mrs. Reilly. “They're nice and juicy.”
1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN1 more example
Pause with me for a moment in memory lane before we dash into recipes for several of my favorite wine cakes.
1983, The Vineyard Almanac & Wine Gazetteer, page 36
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