chorley cake

Questions

What does chorley cake mean?

A flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.

Where does chorley cake come from?

After the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England.

How to pronounce chorley cake

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