Kiev cake

English

Etymology

Brand name, from its place of manufacture.

Noun

Kiev cake (plural Kiev cakes)

  1. A Ukrainian dessert cake having two layers of meringue with hazelnuts, chocolate glaze, and a buttercream-like filling.
    • 2018, Sergey Grechishkin, Everything is Normal: The Life and Times of a Soviet Kid, page 80:
      A Soviet person brought face-to-face with a Kiev cake felt like a Hamelin rat, who instead of the Piper's flute suddenly heard the “Triumphal March” from Aida.
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