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
Rugged scenery, terrifyingly narrow roads, and a buffet of lovely Scottish burrs can be the icing on this episode’s wee tea cake!
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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
The one that’s really popular this month is the Earl Grey tea cake.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
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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
The one that’s really popular this month is the Earl Grey tea cake.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for tea cake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tea cake
cookie
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Many gummy products contain 3 to 7 grams of sugar per serving—about as much as a small cookie or a few jelly beans.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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Water brings out notes of peanut butter cookies, vanilla ice cream and baked apple.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Tea cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tea%20cake. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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