carcake

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English

Etymology

From an Anglo-Saxon root meaning "grief", and cake.

Noun

carcake (plural carcakes)

  1. A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.