"fern cake" meaning in All languages combined

See fern cake on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fern cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fern cake (plural fern cakes)
  1. A Scottish confection consisting of a small round iced cake with a chocolate fern traced on top. Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Categories (place): Scotland
    Sense id: en-fern_cake-en-noun-vmXIK-NN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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