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Definition of Rock cake
1. Noun. A small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Cake
Literary usage of Rock cake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Cook, English and Foreign: Containing a Great Variety of Old by Joseph Bregion, Anne Miller (1845)
"... rock cake.—Two pounds of flour well dried, three quarters of a pound of loaf
sugar sifted finely, one pound and a half of butter, one pound and a half ..."
2. Paul Richards' Book of Breads, Cakes, Pastries, Ices and Sweetmeats by Paul Richards (1907)
"Mix same as for sugar cookies; break out in pieces; put on pans and stamp with
the rock cake stamp, or use a fork and press down cross wise; wash and bake ..."
3. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"rock cake— X Ib. each butter, sugar and currants, 3 eggs, 5^ Ib. flour, baked in
a mould. ROCK SUGAR—This is the candy rock work used to build up ornamental ..."
4. The Universal Assistant, and Complete Mechanic, Containing Over One Million by Richard Moore (1882)
"... and sprinkle a few currants on the top of each, and bake in a moderato ovi%n.
rock cake.—Rub together 4 Ibs. sugar, and 8 Ibs. of flour, ..."
5. The Art of Cooking: A Series of Practical Lessons by Matilda Lees Dods, Henrietta De Condé Sherman (1880)
"rock cake.—One pound of flour, three ounces of butter, three ounces of sugar,
three ounces of sultana raisins, two eggs, one teaspoonful of powdered ginger, ..."
6. The Story of the Salonica Army by George Ward Price (1918)
"Yet, while our part of the Monastir road had a surface like rock-cake covered
with mud of the consistency of porridge, directly you passed into what had ..."
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