as in cooky
a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round
They had warm tea cakes with clotted cream.
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Recent Examples of tea cake
Get this for your foodie friend (or yourself) and sample goodies like yuzu hard candies, strawberry matcha tea cakes, and cherry blossom tea.
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Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Rugged scenery, terrifyingly narrow roads, and a buffet of lovely Scottish burrs can be the icing on this episode’s wee tea cake!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Birch Lane Burgess Tiered Stand Arrange finger sandwiches, tea cakes, and more on this three-tiered platter from Birch Lane.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 19 June 2024
Select flights also include Virgin's signature afternoon tea service, featuring sandwiches, tea cakes, and warm scones with jam and clotted cream.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
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Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Rugged scenery, terrifyingly narrow roads, and a buffet of lovely Scottish burrs can be the icing on this episode’s wee tea cake!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Birch Lane Burgess Tiered Stand Arrange finger sandwiches, tea cakes, and more on this three-tiered platter from Birch Lane.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 19 June 2024
Select flights also include Virgin's signature afternoon tea service, featuring sandwiches, tea cakes, and warm scones with jam and clotted cream.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tea cake
cookie
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The herbal teas are all mixed on site and shortbread cookies are made by Zaretsky, from her cottage bakery Beyond the Veil Baking.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Though competition was fierce, the ice cream cookie sandwich edged out the runner-up by just one point.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 July 2025
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“Tea cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tea%20cake. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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