"Eccles cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Eccles cakes [plural]
Etymology: From the English town of the same name, Eccles, where the cake was first sold commercially in 1793. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Eccles cake (plural Eccles cakes)
  1. A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry. Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-Eccles_cake-en-noun-jrNayO7Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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