Maid of Honour tart

See also: maid of honour tart and maid-of-honour tart

English

Noun

Maid of Honour tart (plural Maid of Honour tarts)

1. Alternative form of maids of honour tart.
   • 1973, Rae Lindsay, The International Party Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Drake Publishers Inc., →ISBN, page 229:

     If desired, reheat slightly for 10 minutes in 200° oven, but Maid of Honour tarts can also be served cool—not cold, however!

   • 1988, Carrie Segrave, editor, The Mitchell Beazley London Property Guide ’88: For Buyers, Sellers and Owners of Homes in London, London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, →ISBN, pages 354–355:

     Past Newens (the traditional English tea shop serving Maid of Honour tarts), Kew Gardens Rd dog-legs around towards Station Approach.

   • 2001, Charlie Godfrey-Faussett, Footprint London Handbook: The Travel Guide, Bath: Footprint Handbooks, →ISBN, page 391:

     The Original Maids of Honour, 288 Kew Rd, Kew, is opposite Kew Gardens on the road leading off the Common, a teashop as English as its environs. It was here that Maid of Honour tarts were baked for Henry VIII and his household, and the present incumbents resolutely continue the tradition along with the other fineries of olde Englishe tea culture.

   • 2001, Elizabeth Daish, Green Spaces, Sutton: Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 16:

     “What’s that you’re eating?” “Order your own,” Penny said sharply as he leaned over as if to sample her Maid of Honour tart.

   • 2003, Guy Hunting, Adventures of a Gentleman’s Gentleman: The Queen, Noel Coward and I, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 254:

     We were told that the auditorium could actually hold seven hundred, but that the caterers could only provide enough scones, Maid of Honour tarts and Victoria sponges for the smaller number.

   • 2008, Amy Appleton, The Bride Hunter, London: Orion, →ISBN, page 114:

     And this is a Maid of Honour tart, as baked for Henry the Eighth. A closely guarded secret recipe, but we’ve produced our own version, with almonds and butter pastry.