layer cake

noun

chiefly US
: a cake made of more than one layer

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Topped with sautéed apple slices and an amazing Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce, this single-layer cake is unique and special. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025 The Carol we’re left with as the credits roll on the premiere is a veritable layer cake of depression, shock, anger, grief, and loneliness. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025 And recently, Ina coached me through how to finally feel confident baking and assembling a layer cake. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025 The easily accessible velocity feels intoxicating and is accentuated with a rich sonic layer cake: the whoosh of air sucking into the engine, the hiss of spooling turbos, the chuff of blowoff valves, and the deep-bass thrum of combustion pulsing through a large trapezoidal exhaust vane. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 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 25 Nov. 2025.

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