Sentence examples for velvet layer from inspiring English sources

Just precut slices — or hunks, more accurately — of yellow cake with chocolate frosting, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, German chocolate layer cake, lemon coconut layer cake, carrot cake and red velvet layer cake.

The resurgence of sportswear from 25 years ago is all very well, but the luxurious decadence of Wildean chic is courting brands from Topman Design (all velvet layers and dressing gowns) to Gucci, where men in pyjamas and smoking jackets were standard on the catwalk and, backstage, creative director Allessandro Michele wore rings stacked on his hands.

The sweet baked goods are also a lavish affair, with specials such as red velvet quadruple layer cake, pink grapefruit éclairs, potato brioche doughnuts and Moroccan Snickers tarts.

Make sure the velvet-like layer has not started to separate from the hard layer of the case.

There were see-through plastic trenches, pea coats with jewelled buttons, vintage-looking velvet dresses, lingerie layers and sequinned knitwear.

Distilling mournful, velvet vocals through layers of lo-fi, classic house, R&B, hip-hop, 80s pop and Prince-indebted funk, they are, frankly, cooler than a hammock in a snowstorm.

We liked all that we sampled: a puff pastry apple tart topped with a dollop of custard; a moist red velvet cake thickly layered with cream cheese frosting; a chocolate tart topped by a huge dollop of chocolate mousse filling and a drift of whipped cream; and a chocolate napoleon.

Absent the kitsch and the emphatically sumptuous — lace panels, cut velvet and tapestry patterns piled layer upon layer — the giddy gypsy influence had unexpected staying power and it is gaining traction in an influential handful of fall collections, with the jangling coin belts and naïve floral prints often associated with nomadic Balkan cultures.

11 00am: Lots of baking in the studio today, red velvet cake with a layer of cheesecake in the middle.

There would be a blinding parade of desserts: individual red velvet cakes, a four-layer crème brûlée, a grasshopper pie blanketed with Bailey's-spiked cream.

Other desserts met with less success: a pear needed further poaching; a chocolate "velvet" book cover held layers of hardened chocolate mousse; and the citrus of winter sun (soleil d'hiver) was stingingly astringent.