charlotte
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a dessert of many varieties, served hot or cold and commonly made by lining a mold with cake or bread and filling it with fruit, whipped cream, custard, or gelatin.
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the mold used in making this dessert.
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Grand Duchess Charlotte Aldegonde Elise Marie Wilhelmine, 1896–1985, sovereign of Luxembourg 1919–64.
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a city in S North Carolina.
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a female given name: derived from Charles.
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a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
apple charlotte
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short for charlotte russe
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Named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England.
Largest city of the state, and the foremost commercial and industrial center of the Piedmont region.
Etymology
Origin of charlotte
From French, dating back to 1790–1800, special use of woman's name
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From there, the dessert splinters into several different versions: baked ones filled with fruit, like the well-known apple charlotte, and unbaked ones, most commonly known as the cream-filled Charlotte Russe.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022
Ms. de Boer found similarities between Shaker recipes and her grandmother’s in dishes like apple charlotte and sticky ginger cake.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
For dessert, Kingman plans to make the apple charlotte requested in one episode by a suitor of Lady Mary Crawley.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2012
It was followed by vanilla charlotte with morello cherries.
From BBC • May 26, 2011
There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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