Victoria sandwich
- noun
- /vɪkˈtɔːrɪə ˈsændwɪtʃ/
- UK
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pastel Victoria
- For her birthday, she baked a delicious Victoria sandwich filled with raspberry jam and topped with whipped cream.
Chocolate brownies, cupcakes, butterfly cakes, Victoria sandwich, Death by chocolate cake.
- Chocolate brownies, cupcakes, butterfly cakes, Victoria sandwich, Death by chocolate cake.
Examples
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At the bakery, I ordered a classic Victoria sandwich that was perfect for afternoon tea.
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The tea party featured an elegant Victoria sandwich, deliciously layered with cake and sweet jam.
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Chocolate brownies, cupcakes, butterfly cakes, Victoria sandwich, Death by chocolate cake.
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I'm linking two videos; the first is one of many that show his fetishes with feet, and the second one is where they make a "Victoria sandwich"...
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Synonyms
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A light, airy cake that uses eggs, flour and sugar without butter or oil
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A cake with two or more layers and sweet filling between
A light cake made from two sponge layers sandwiched with jam and usually cream
How Light
Surface Forms
Morphology
Victoria + sandwich
The element 'sandwich' gives a compositional cue (something with a filling between two layers), so a learner who knows 'sandwich' could plausibly infer a layered food with filling. However, 'Victoria' is a proper name that does not signal 'sponge cake', and the specific sense (a two-layer sponge cake with jam/cream) is not directly predictable from the parts, making the expression only partially transparent to learners.
Etymology
Victoria sandwich may come from Queen Victoria, who liked to eat a slice of soft sponge cake with jam during 'afternoon tea'. That's why the name now means a simple cake made of two sponge layers with jam in the middle.