rooster cake, noun phrase

Forms:
Also roster cake.
Origin:
Partial translation of Afrikaans roosterkoek.
obs.
roosterkoek sense a.
1871 E.J. Dugmore Diary. 11Our diet is principally coffee and tea, rooster cakes, porridge, rice and a little meat.
1896 M.A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Tvl 79One day, Mrs. Herbert taught me how to make roster cakes (a roster means a gridiron).
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