BattenbergPronunciation: /ˈbat(ə)nbəːg/ (also Battenberg cake)Definition of Battenberg noun chiefly British an oblong sponge cake covered with marzipan, with a square cross section quartered with two colours of sponge: [mass noun]:nurtured on tinned soup and Battenberg cakeOrigin:named after the town of Battenberg in Germany