rock cake

noun

1. a small cake containing dried fruit and spice, with a rough surface supposed to resemble a rock

Example Sentences

Mr Halfon said school-assessed grades were the "least worst option that the government has come up with" but it risked "baking a rock cake of grade inflation into the system".

From BBC

Essentially a giant rock cake, it has been made since well before there were things such as self-raising flour; her recipe dates from 1920.

From The Guardian

I had brought with me a rock cake which I had pocketed while having tea with Grandmamma the day before.

From Literature

“What are they, Hagrid?” asked Harry, trying to sound interested rather than revolted, but putting down his rock cake all the same.

From Literature

He grunted and offered him another rock cake.

From Literature