maids of honour tart

English

Alternative forms

• Maid of Honour tart, maid of honour tart, maid-of-honour tart
• maid of honor tart, maid-of-honor tart (US)

Etymology

Said to date back to Henry VIII when he witnessed some of the Queen’s maids of honour eating some cakes and demanded to taste one. He found them delicious and named them after the maids. However, there is another theory that they were named after Anne Boleyn, a maid of honour at the time, who made the cakes for Henry VIII.

Noun

maids of honour tart (plural maids of honour tarts)

1. A traditional English baked tart consisting of a puff pastry shell filled with curds, sometimes with jam or almonds and nutmeg.

   Synonym: maids of honour cake