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Cake, nuts, tofu, tripe… (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petit four

'cake' is the definition.
(petit four is a kind of cake)

'nuts tofu tripe' is the wordplay.
'nuts' is an anagram indicator (nuts can mean crazy).
'tofu'+'tripe'='tofutripe'
'tofutripe' with letters rearranged gives 'PETIT FOUR'.

(Other definitions for petit four that I've seen before include "Small fancy cake" , "Item of confectionery" , "Small cake, often decorated with marzipan" , "Bite-sized fancy cake" , "cake or biscuit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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