Why do they call it Strawberry Short cake? The cake is short?!
Why not just call it Strawberry Cake?
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short cake is a type of cake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcake
Well it seems that there is a reason for that
"Strawberry shortcake is one of America's favorite desserts. The name derives from being made "short," a word dating back to the fifteenth century which basically means crisp from the use of fat. In England, the word shortcake is synonymous with the Scottish shortbread, a crisp and butter-rich cookie-like pastry."