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Bag containing initial slice of rich cake (5)

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I believe the answer is:

torte

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'rich cake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bag containing initial slice' is the wordplay.
'bag' becomes 'tote' (tote is a kind of bag).
'containing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'initial slice' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tote' going around 'r' is 'TORTE'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for torte that I've seen before include "Rich food" , "Sweet cake or tart" , "1d [PASTRY]" , "(Austrian) cake with cream and fruit or nuts" , "Sweet cake (from Ger.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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