# shortcake

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #60,468

## Definitions
1. A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
2. A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
3. Synonym of shortbread

## Etymology
From short + cake.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shortcake