Words & TermsFood and drink
bushman brownie
A durable fruit cake or slab cake made for carrying and keeping, in older Australian cookery.
In a sentence
The recipe recommended bushman's brownie because it travelled well.
Where it came from
A historical recipe name combining bushman, suggesting portability and keeping qualities, with brownie. It predates the modern assumption that brownie necessarily means chocolate cake. A 1932 Queensland newspaper prints a bushman's brownie recipe; later CWA recipe collections preserve the name.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australia-wide
- Use today
- Historical or recipe-heritage term