heavy cake

noun

heavy cake

noun

/ˈhɛvi ˌkeɪk/

Etymology Folk-etymological alteration of hevva cake; ultimately from Cornish hedva (“swarm, shoal”).

1

A cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins.

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