wine cake

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wine cake (plural wine cakes)

  1. Any of various types of cake made with wine as an ingredient.
    • a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:
      “Where you bought those nice wine cakes, lady?” Darlene asked Mrs. Reilly. “They're nice and juicy.”
    • 1983, The Vineyard Almanac & Wine Gazetteer, page 36:
      Pause with me for a moment in memory lane before we dash into recipes for several of my favorite wine cakes.