HARDBAKE

hardbake

(noun) a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hardbake (countable and uncountable, plural hardbakes)

A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses with almonds, flavoured with orange or lemon juice.

Source: Wiktionary


Hard"bake`, n.

Definition: A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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