Battenberg cake

noun
Bat·​ten·​berg cake | \ ˈba-tᵊn-ˌbərg- How to pronounce Battenberg cake (audio) \
variants: or Battenburg cake \ ˈba-​tᵊn-​ˌbərg-​ How to pronounce Battenburg cake (audio) \

Definition of Battenberg cake

chiefly British
: a rectangular cake that is usually covered with marzipan and that is assembled from two differently colored sponge cakes so that a slice of the cake has a checkered pattern … checkerboard Battenburg cakes coated with marzipan …Toronto Star, 18 May 2005 … the retro pink and yellow checker board Battenberg cake is delightfully finger sized.Marketwire, 29 June 2010

First Known Use of Battenberg cake

1903, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Battenberg cake

probably after the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the ducal house of Hesse-Darmstadt, members of whom established careers in Britain or married into the British royal family (after Battenberg, a town in Hesse, Germany)

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