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angel food cake |
a light white sponge cake made of beaten egg whites, cream of tartar, flour, and sugar. |
fondant |
a soft creamy paste made of sugar, water, and cream of tartar, used in icing and candy. [1/2 definitions] |
potassium bitartrate |
see "cream of tartar." |
steak tartare |
raw ground beef mixed with onion, seasonings, and raw egg and eaten uncooked, sometimes as an appetizer; tartar steak. |
tartaric |
of, pertaining to, or obtained from tartar or tartaric acid. |
tartaric acid |
any of several crystalline organic compounds, most often in a white powder form and used in baking powders, cream of tartar, and tanning. |
Tatar |
in earlier times, a Tartar. [1/4 definitions] |
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