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Genoa cake
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English
Etymology
From its origins in 16th-century Genoa as a Christmas cake.
Noun
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en mostly UK A fruitcake consisting of sultanas, currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter and sugar.
Translations
type of fruitcake
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 熱那亞蛋糕 Rènàyà dàngāo
Finnish: fi englantilainen hedelmäkakku
French: fr galette génoise f
German: de Genueser Kuchen m, de genuesischer Kuchen m
Italian: it pandolce basso m, it pandolce m
Russian: ru
Spanish: es