cracknel /ˈkɹæk.nəl/ noun2 •A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels. — 1838 •[in the plural] Crackling (fried pork fat). formscracknels