English

Noun

shortcake ‎(plural shortcakes)

1. A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
2. A dessert made with such a cake.

French

Etymology

From English shortcake

Noun

shortcake m ‎(plural shortcakes)

1. shortcake