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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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