shortcake

noun

short·cake ˈshȯrt-ˌkāk

: a crisp and often unsweetened biscuit or cookie

: a dessert made typically of very short baking-powder-biscuit dough spread with sweetened fruit

: a dish consisting of a rich biscuit split and covered with a meat mixture

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Try out this shortcake biscuit pudding for a sweet treat. —

Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024 Gretchen McKay | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) Sweet cherries are one of August’s favorite offerings for making a quick and simple cobbler, tart or buttery shortcake for dessert. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024 There are strawberry shortcake biscuits for dessert. —

Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024 The Cathedral Women baked and sold 100 shortcakes on the church lawn for the first festival in 1965. —

Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for shortcake