shortcake

== English == === Etymology === From short +‎ cake. === Pronunciation === === Noun === shortcake (countable and uncountable, plural shortcakes) A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda. A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit. (UK) Synonym of shortbread ==== Derived terms ==== shortcakey strawberry shortcake ==== Descendants ==== → French: shortcake → German: Shortcake → Italian: shortcake → Japanese: ショートケーキ (shōtokēki) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === track shoe, trackshoe == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English shortcake. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɔʁt.kɛk/ === Noun === shortcake m (plural shortcakes) shortcake === Further reading === shortcake on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr == Italian == === Etymology === From English shortcake. === Noun === shortcake m (invariable) shortcake === Further reading === shortcake on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it