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noun
A bourbon-laced sponge cake with fruit, traditional in the American South.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Alabama Lane cake, prize cake
Antonyms: none provided
History
According to food scholar Neil Ravenna, the inventor was Emma Rylander Lane, of Clayton, Alabama, who won first prize with it at the county fair in Columbus, Georgia.
