Battenberg
Pink-yellow sponge squares
Battenberg is a rectangular sponge cake made of alternating pink and yellow squares, wrapped in marzipan.
When sliced, it reveals a distinctive checkerboard pattern.
The cake is associated with British tea service and bakeries: She picked up a Battenberg from the shop.
Also called Battenberg cake.
Sweetened ground nut confection
- checkerboardAlternating square pattern
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- pinkPale red hue
- yellowHue between green and orange
apricot jam · squares · afternoon tea · British · almond paste · fondant · grid pattern · slice
Central European language
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- titleFormal honorific or name
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- lineageDescent from progenitors
dynasty · peerage · Hesse · ancestry · European royalty · Victorian · intermarriage · renunciation
Small cylindrical thread holder
- pillowBedding for heads
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
braid · embroidery · handmade · Victorian · loops · rings · needlelace · Renaissance
marzipan
Sweetened ground nut confection
- checkerboardAlternating square pattern
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- pinkPale red hue
yellow · apricot jam · squares · afternoon tea · British · almond paste · fondant · grid pattern · slice · confection
German
Central European language
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- titleFormal honorific or name
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
lineage · dynasty · peerage · Hesse · ancestry · European royalty · Victorian · intermarriage · renunciation · anglicization
bobbin
Small cylindrical thread holder
- pillowBedding for heads
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
tape · braid · embroidery · handmade · Victorian · loops · rings · needlelace · Renaissance · decorative
- cakesbirthday cake, wedding cake, layer cake, chocolate cake, pound cake
- British foodfish and chips, full English, bangers and mash, Sunday roast, shepherd's pie
- teatime treatsscone, Victoria sponge, shortbread, crumpet, tea cake
- DynastiesHabsburgs, Ming Dynasty, Bourbons, Tang Dynasty, Tudors
- lacebobbin lace, chantilly, Chantilly, Chantilly lace, Irish lace
- Waldeck-Frankenberg
BattenbergVictoria sponge
Filled layer cake, British origin
pound cake · Madeira cake · naked cake · sheet cake · fairy cake
BattenbergSwiss roll
Rolled sponge dessert
coffee cake · carrot cake · chocolate gateau · lemon drizzle · angel food cake
- Battenberg cakeCheckered British sponge cake