Libertine accepting dessert and cold snack item (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
rice cake
'snack item' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'libertine accepting dessert and cold' is the wordplay.
'libertine' becomes 'rake' (rake is a kind of libertine).
'accepting' indicates putting letters inside.
'dessert' becomes 'ice' (ice is a kind of dessert**).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'ice'+'c'='icec'
'rake' enclosing 'icec' is 'RICE CAKE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for rice cake that I've seen is " confection".)