plum-cake

Let who will eat plum-cake and swill hot coffee -- heartburn and other troubles are often the result of this kind of refreshment.

The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations 2009

In the parsle was a hansume piece of plum-cake, with a deal of sugar.

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush 2006

Adolphus is so fond of plum-cake, the darling child!

The Wolves and the Lamb 2006

“Lord and Lady Tiptoff,” and a great piece of plum-cake; of which, I am sorry to say, Gus ate a great deal too much.

The Great Hoggarty Diamond 2006

Perhaps the poet was too ill by then to do the reading, but i take her point: his "rich soft, plum-cake tones," "pure and strong, the words perfectly articulated, not a single misstep or hesitation," were a trademark of the man.

Archive 2004-06-01 2004

On the ‘beaufet’ against the wall stood probably the only object which would have attracted the eye of a local stranger in an otherwise ordinarily furnished room, a great plum-cake guarded as if it were a curiosity by a glass shade of the kind seen in museums — square, with a wooden back like those enclosing stuffed specimens of rare feather or fur.

A Changed Man 2006

Let who will eat plum-cake and swill hot coffee — heartburn and other troubles are often the result of this kind of refreshment.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

‘Then hand round the plum-cake, Monster,’ the Lion said, lying down and putting his chin on this paws.

Through the Looking Glass 2003

Then he saw that someone had cut a huge slice of the plum-cake and he rose to his feet in anger.

The Adventurous Four Again Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1973

A rich dark plum-cake stood on a plate, and a tin of peaches had been opened.

The Adventurous Four Again Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1973