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plural cakes
Definition of cake
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened
b
: a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder)
c
: a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried
a fish cake
2a
: a block of compacted or congealed matter
a cake of ice
b
: a hard or brittle layer or deposit
3
: something easily done
after so much studying, the test was cake
— see also take the cake
cake
verb
caked; caking
Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)
: to form or harden into a mass
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Other Words from cake
Noun
cakey
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of cake in a Sentence
Noun
I made three cakes for the party.
He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
a slice of chocolate cake
Verb
The mud had caked on his boots.
shoes caked with dried mud
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Pierce top of cake several times with a wooden skewer.
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Lyda Jones Burnette, Country Living, "Chocolate Tres Leches Cake," 6 May 2021
Place 3 slices of banana on top of each cake and tap down with a spatula to adhere.
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Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, "4 Mother's Day brunch ideas to impress mom, from the adventurous to the classic," 5 May 2021
To unmold, apply the gentle heat of a low open flame to the bottom and sides of cake.
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Alastair Gale, WSJ, "The U.S. Navy’s Not-So-Secret Recipes for Cheesecake and ‘Ronnie Burgers’," 29 Apr. 2021
Half of the cake dedicated to Texas A&M and the other half to the Pittsburgh Steelers, which are Scott's favorite teams.
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Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, "Ree Drummond's Daughter Alex Reveals Her Mom Is the 'Mastermind' Behind Her Wedding Menu — Get All the Details," 28 Apr. 2021
Bright flower petals deftly placed on top of the cake delivered a subtle perfume.
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Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, "Alebrije Bakery delivers fancy, beautifully done Mexican pastries to your door, San Antonio, so the conchas come to you," 27 Apr. 2021
Somehow, in the afterglow of that performance, holding that slice of cake with my face on it, however, things finally started to click.
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Sameer Gadhia, Rolling Stone, "Young The Giant’s Sameer Gadhia: Rock Music Must Unearth Its Diverse Roots," 27 Apr. 2021
In a separate trip to Chicago, Harris spoke about vaccines and ate a slice of cake at a local bakery — which drew some backlash from conservatives.
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Lawrence Richard, Washington Examiner, "Harris has gone 18 days without a news conference since migration oversight role," 11 Apr. 2021
Instead of a cake, there were three Dutch cheeses in graduated sizes.
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Elizabeth Mccracken, The Atlantic, "The Irish Wedding," 8 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Place the bombe, cake side down, on a large rimmed baking sheet.
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Washington Post, "A festive baked Alaska to end your night in a blaze of glory," 28 Dec. 2020
This Latin American grocery and bakery introduced its own cross-cultural king cake a few years back and its been a perennial favorite.
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Ian Mcnulty, NOLA.com, "Here are 16 king cakes to lift New Orleans spirits through this strange Mardi Gras," 8 Feb. 2021
In the morning, Rachel goes to the bridge to talk to Captain Lee about her issues with Francesca, cake aside.
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Justin Curto, Vulture, "Below Deck Season-Finale Recap: Just Desserts," 16 Feb. 2021
The approach has made the plain king cake Adrian’s perennial best seller.
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Ian Mcnulty, NOLA.com, "Here are 16 king cakes to lift New Orleans spirits through this strange Mardi Gras," 8 Feb. 2021
Transfer to a wire rack and let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes.
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Judy Walker, NOLA.com, "Holiday baking with Willa Jean chef Kelly Fields starts with recipes from grandma's kitchen," 8 Dec. 2020
Cake and wine is the move at Goddess and Grocer, where folks can get a giant slice of rainbow, carrot or Oreo cake with a bottle of brut or rosé together for $35.
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Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, "Stress eat your way through Election Day with 10 restaurant specials and comfort food picks," 31 Oct. 2020
And for the first time in its history, legendary Los Angeles bakery Porto’s will start shipping its Milk’N Berries cake nationwide this year.
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Washington Post, "Tres Leches Cake," 28 Sep. 2020
The ghosts of those doubters are eating a large helping of crow — or perhaps cake.
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "How Golden Gate Park ended up in the Outside Lands," 4 Sep. 2020
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cake
noun
English Language Learners Definition of cake
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and other ingredients (such as eggs and butter)
: a mixture of food that has been shaped into a ball or a flat round shape and baked or fried
: something that is shaped like a rectangular block
cake
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)
: to cover something with an outer layer that becomes hard as it dries
: to become dry and hard
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cake
noun
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Kids Definition of cake
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a baked food made from a sweet batter or dough
chocolate cake
2
: a usually flat round piece of food that is baked or fried
a crab cake rice cakes
3
: a substance hardened or molded into a solid piece
a cake of soap
cake
verb
caked; caking
Kids Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: encrust
His clothes were caked with dust.
2
: to become dry and hard
The mud had caked on her boots.
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