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teacake

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  1. A baked good such as a cake or biscuit intended to be eaten with tea or at an afternoon tea: A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea.
  2. A baked good such as a cake or biscuit intended to be eaten with tea or at an afternoon tea: A bread roll without fruit; a barm.
  3. A baked good such as a cake or biscuit intended to be eaten with tea or at an afternoon tea: A snack consisting of shortbread topped with meringue or marshmallow, coated in chocolate.
  4. A baked good such as a cake or biscuit intended to be eaten with tea or at an afternoon tea: A traditional type of dense, large cookie, typically hard-baked, not particularly sweet, and with few extra fillings.
  5. A baked good such as a cake or biscuit intended to be eaten with tea or at an afternoon tea: A small delicate cake or pastry; a petit four.
  6. A baked good such as a cake or biscuit intended to be eaten with tea or at an afternoon tea: A sweet cake similar to pound cake, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and caster sugar, often served warm.
  7. A cake flavoured with tea.
  8. A cake flavoured with tea: A fruit cake similar to a barmbrack (but often without yeast) flavoured with tea and whiskey, especially associated with Halloween.
  9. A brick of dried tea.

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