fairy cake
fairy cake — 名詞
1. a small, light sponge cake that sits inside a pleated paper case and has a thin
仙女蛋糕
英國傳統小型糖霜蛋糕
a small, light sponge cake that sits inside a pleated paper case and has a thin spread of icing on top — a traditional British teatime treat, often finished with sprinkles, a glacé cherry, or a dusting of sugar.
Mayumi's grandmother baked a batch of fairy cakes for the school bake sale.
Mayumi 的奶奶烤了一批仙女蛋糕拿到學校的義賣會上賣。
bake + fairy cakes for [event]
With a careful hand, Harper spread pink icing over the top of each fairy cake.
Harper 小心翼翼地將粉色糖霜抹在每個仙女蛋糕上。
collocation: spread icing over a fairy cake
Samir picked up a fairy cake from the plate and took a small bite.
Samir 從盤子上拿起一個仙女蛋糕，小小咬了一口。
The fairy cakes that Yuna brought to the picnic were gone within ten minutes.
Yuna 帶去野餐的仙女蛋糕不到十分鐘就被吃光了。
passive: fairy cakes were [verb]ed
- bake a fairy cake
- a fairy cake with icing
- fairy cake recipe
- decorate a fairy cake
- a batch of fairy cakes
- cupcake
the American equivalent, often larger and topped with piped frosting rather than flat icing
- patty cake
an older British term for the same cake, less common today
- butterfly cake
a fairy cake whose top is cut off, split, and placed back as 'wings' with filling in between
文法句型
a fairy cake
fairy cakes in the plural
用法筆記
In British English, 'fairy cake' refers specifically to a light sponge with a flat, iced top — distinct from the taller, piped-frosting style of the American cupcake. The term is less familiar in the US, where 'cupcake' is standard.
常見錯誤
2. the British name for what is more widely called a 'cupcake' — a very small, roun
杯子蛋糕
等同 cupcake 的英式說法
the British name for what is more widely called a 'cupcake' — a very small, round cake baked in a cup-shaped paper or foil container, typically finished with a layer of sweet icing or frosting.
Imani asked the baker whether this small iced cake is called a fairy cake or a cupcake.
Imani 問麵包師傅這種小蛋糕叫做 fairy cake 還是 cupcake。
ask + whether [term A] or [term B]
When Luca moved to London, he learned that a fairy cake is the British name for a cupcake.
Luca 搬到倫敦後才發現，fairy cake 就是英國人對 cupcake 的說法。
the British name for a [equivalent term]
The cookbook explained that a fairy cake is simply the British term for a cupcake.
這本食譜書說明，fairy cake 就是英國人對 cupcake 的稱呼。
Eitan's teacher wrote 'fairy cake' on the board and told the class it means the same as cupcake.
Eitan 的老師在黑板寫下 fairy cake，告訴全班這個詞和 cupcake 意思相同。
synonym explanation in a classroom context
- called a fairy cake
- term for a fairy cake
- known as a fairy cake
- fairy cake versus cupcake
- cupcake
the dominant term in American English and increasingly international usage
- patty cake
an older synonym still heard in parts of Britain
文法句型
a fairy cake
known as a fairy cake
用法筆記
This sense is used mainly in cross-dialectal reference and language-teaching contexts to highlight the British–American lexical difference. In everyday British speech, 'fairy cake' is used naturally without comparing it to the word 'cupcake'.