roaster-cake, noun

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Calqued on Afrikaans roosterkoek, see roosterkoek.
obs.
a. askoek sense 1. b. roosterkoek sense a.
1883 O.E.A. Schreiner Story of Afr. Farm 239In the dining-room she had lighted a fire, and sat on the ground before it, turning the roaster-cakes that lay on the coals to bake.
1910 ‘R. Dehan’ Dop Doctor 27It lived on a little mealie pap and odd bits of roaster-cakes that were thrown to it as though it were a dog.
1947 E.R. Seary S. Afr. Short StoriesGlossary, Roaster-cake, (Roosterkoek in Afrikaans): girdle-cake; cake made on a gridiron.
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