maid-of-honor tart

See also: maid of honor tart

English

Noun

maid-of-honor tart (plural maid-of-honor tarts)

1. (US) Alternative form of maids of honour tart.
   • 1910 May 12, “The King’s Goodies”, in The Youth’s Companion, New England edition, volume 84, number 19, Boston, Mass.: Perry Mason Company, page 254, column 2:

     “Sixpenny worth of chambermaid cakes. Please make haste, for we wish to catch the bus.” “We have no such thing,” was the surprising answer. “Why, the sign over the door declares this to be the original shop where Anne Boleyn bought them for King Henry!” expostulated Lura, impatiently. “Oh,” said the young woman, in a tone of superiority that Lura’s cousin off into an almost hysterical laugh, “you mean maid-of-honor tarts.”

   • 1986, Michael Smith, The Afternoon Tea Book, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, published 1987, →ISBN, page 264, column 2:

     Cheesecake(s) / Maid-of-Honor Tarts, 190

   • 1988 June, Irene Saunders, The Willful Widow, New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBN, page 26:

     “Is Milton bringing tea in here today? How cosy. You will make sure there are plenty of maid-of-honor tarts, won’t you? You know how I love maid-of-honor tarts.”

   • 1993, Country Home, Stay for Supper, Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 230:

     [Recipe] Maid-of-Honor Tarts, p. 227 [Servings] 24

   • 2019, Julia Skinner, “The Empire and the Teacup”, in Afternoon Tea: A History, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 54:

     One sample menu from the interwar period includes cream cheese and pimento sandwiches, buttered crumpets, coffee éclairs, chocolate sponge roll, buttered date and walnut loaf, maid-of-honor tarts, and queen cakes.