Ladyfinger (Noun)
Meaning
Small finger-shaped sponge cake.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- Ladyfingers are often used in making desserts like tiramisu and charlottes.
- She gently dipped a ladyfinger into her cup of steaming hot coffee.
- To assemble the dessert, you'll need to dip the ladyfingers in a mixture of coffee and liqueur.
- Ladyfingers come in different flavors such as vanilla and chocolate, and they're widely used in various pastry recipes.
- For this particular cake recipe, we need 12 ladyfingers to line the sides of the springform pan.