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   cake

   /keɪk/

   noun

   • 1. an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated: "a delicious cake smothered with whipped cream" Similar gateaukuchen
   • ▪ the amount of money or assets available to be divided up or shared: British "you have not received a fair slice of the education cake"
   • 2. an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and typically baked or fried: "a starter of goat's cheese and potato cakes"
   • ▪ a flattish compact mass of something, especially soap: "a cake of soap" Similar bartabletblockslablumpcubeloafchunkbrickpiece

   verb

   • 1. (of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object): "his clothes were caked in mud" Similar covercoatencrustplasterspread thicklysmother
   • ▪ (of a thick or sticky substance) dry or harden into a solid mass: "the blood under his nose was beginning to cake" Similar clotcongealcoagulatethickensolidifyhardensetdryrare:inspissateOpposite liquefy

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cakey adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   What does cake mean in a sentence?

   • Then they all had coffee and cake, shook hands with Pete Senior, and went to their homes and laboratories. Cake definition: a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.. See examples of CAKE used in a sentence.

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   What is a cake made of?

   • A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only. ...a piece of cake. Would you like some chocolate cake? ...little cakes with white icing.

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   What is a shaped cake called?

   • 1. a sweet, baked, breadlike food, usu. containing flour, sugar, eggs, and flavoring and often shortening and baking powder or soda. 2. a flat, thin mass of bread, esp. unleavened bread. 3. a pancake; griddlecake. 4. a shaped or molded mass of other food: a fish cake. 5. a shaped or compressed mass: a cake of soap.

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   Where did the word cake come from?

   • The term "cake" has a long history. The word itself is of Viking origin, from the Old Norse word "kaka". The ancient Greeks called cake πλακοῦς (plakous), which was derived from the word for "flat", πλακόεις (plakoeis). It was baked using flour mixed with eggs, milk, nuts, and honey.

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   What does take the cake mean?

   • take the cake,Informal. His arrogance takes the cake. to win first prize. see eat one's cake and have it, too; flat as a pancake; icing on the cake; nutty as a fruitcake; piece of cake; sell like hot cakes; slice of the pie (cake); take the cake. In 1992, the rice cake and popcorn cake market was valued at $174 million and growing.

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     CAKE meaning: 1. a sweet food made with a mixture of flour,...

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   • Cake: Malay Translation

     cake translate: kek, kek, buku, disaluti. Learn more in the...

   • Cake: Thai Translation

     cake translate: เค้ก, อาหารที่ปั้นเป็นชิ้น, ก้อนแบน,...

   • The Icing on The Cake

     THE ICING ON THE CAKE definition: 1. something that makes a...

   • Cake: Korean Translation

     cake translate: 케이크. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     CAKE translate: bánh ngọt, miếng bánh, bánh, đóng bánh....

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   Cake definition: a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.. See examples of CAKE used in a sentence.

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   A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only.

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   Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate and which share features with desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies.

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   cake. noun. /keɪk/. /keɪk/. Idioms. [countable, uncountable] a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or icing. a piece/slice of cake.

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    n. 1. (Cookery) a baked food, usually in loaf or layer form, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and eggs. 2. (Cookery) a flat thin mass of bread, esp unleavened bread. 3. (Cookery) a shaped mass of dough or other food of similar consistency: a fish cake.