layer cake

noun

chiefly US
: a cake made of more than one layer

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Southerners have worked the iconic chocolate-and-vanilla flavor into ice cream, fluff, brownies, and even layer cake, though there’s certainly a time and place for the nostalgic dunking of a cookie straight from the blue Oreo packaging into a glass of ice-cold milk. Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026 This mattress is essentially a six-layer cake. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026 Here is another view, again picturing the atmosphere above us as a layer cake. Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026 Depending on your occasion, this recipe could easily be made into a two-layer cake or even cupcakes. Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for layer cake

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“Layer cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layer%20cake. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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