# heavy cake

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɛvi ˌkeɪk/

## Definitions
1. A cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins.

## Etymology
Folk-etymological alteration of hevva cake; ultimately from Cornish hedva (“swarm, shoal”).

## Source
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