tipsy cake
1tipsy cake — noun a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …
2tipsy cake — noun Brit. a sponge cake saturated with wine or spirits, typically served with custard …
3tipsy cake — /ˈtɪpsi keɪk/ (say tipsee kayk) noun a kind of trifle decorated with almonds and soaked in wine …
4tipsy-cake — бисквит с вареньем и кремом, промоченный сиропом с вином …
5tipsy-cake — …
6tipsy — 1570s, from TIP (Cf. tip) (v.1); later associated with TIPPLE (Cf. tipple). Tipsy cake (1806) was cake saturated with wine or liquor …
7tipsy — adj. (tipsier, tipsiest) 1 slightly intoxicated. 2 caused by or showing intoxication (a tipsy leer). Phrases and idioms: tipsy cake Brit. a sponge cake soaked in wine or spirits and served with custard. Derivatives: tipsily adv. tipsiness n.… …
8tipsy pudding — noun : stale sponge cake soaked in wine and especially sherry and served with boiled custard …
9Trifle — For the type of metal, see Pewter. Trifle Trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or gelatin, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers with fruit and… …
10Britain — noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK …
