Shortcake Emoji

Food

A single slice of cake topped with a bright red strawberry and a dollop of whipped cream. The piece shows layers of yellow sponge cake separated by thick bands of white frosting.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions. It is the go-to emoji for inviting someone to grab coffee and dessert, or to express excitement for a treat. It is frequently paired with 🎂 for birthdays or 🍓 to emphasize the fruit flavor.

History

Shortcake was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0. It was heavily influenced by the Japanese culture of 'Christmas cake,' a sponge cake with strawberries and cream that became a standard celebratory food item in Japan following the post-war era.

Details

Glyph

🍰

Unicode

U+1F370

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f370:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF70;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Food

Subcategory food-sweet

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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