layer cake

noun

chiefly US
: a cake made of more than one layer

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, has described the AI industry as a five-layer cake with energy at its base and chips, infrastructure, models, and applications above it. — Lin Chia-Lung, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026 That layer cake is impossible to precisely chart from the surface, but engineers sent sound waves into the ground and interpreted what echoed up into rough maps. — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026 This boozy, four-layer cake has dressy holiday dinner party written all over it. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026 Paris Baguette serves sweet and savory pastries, wraps, breakfast sandwiches and cakes, including chocolate hazelnut with Nutella, a chocolate mousse, salted caramel layer cake, a blueberry chiffon cake and a strawberry soft cream cake. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 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 5 Nov. 2026.

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