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Definition of wastel cake

wastel cake
Wastel Was"tel, n. [OF. wastel, gastel, F. g[^a]teau, LL. wastellus, fr. MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food.] A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake. [Obs.] Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. --Chaucer. The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of wastel cake from wikipedia

- such medieval delights as "Ypocras, fortified Kentish wine served with cake; Wastel breed with flavoured beef drippings; Pyk in Brasey; Pigeon with wortes...
- dating to 1413 is known from the court rolls of Maldon, Es****: ...panis wastel pistoris de Writle in defectus xs; item, le wigg ejusdem in defectu, xs...