layer cake

noun

chiefly US
: a cake made of more than one layer

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Select a 9-inch layer cake pan that is at least 1 ½ inches deep. Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2026 This layer cake is full of seasonal summer flavor. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 June 2026 Easy and impressive, this layer cake is perfect for any occasion. Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 May 2026 This is not surprising, considering Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's five-layer cake of AI starts with energy as the base and builds up from there to chips, infrastructure, models, and applications. Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026 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 17 Jun. 2026.

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