sheet cake

noun

plural sheet cakes
: a large, one-layer, usually frosted cake
had cookies and chocolate sheet cake at the office party
Warmed by all the island hospitality, I baked a sheet cake for yet another feast …Sally Whitbeck

Examples of sheet cake in a Sentence

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Winner! Pumpkin Mini Sheet Cake ($5.99): Nothing but praise for this tasty sheet cake slathered with cream cheese frosting. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2025 The riff on a classic Texas sheet cake included a sweet corn and corn flour cake with Texas prickly pear buttercream and rainbow sprinkles. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025 Its height was somewhere between a sheet cake and a candy bar, a mesa of dark cocoa. Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025 Only the balloons and sheet cake were missing from the retirement party. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheet cake

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sheet cake was in 1862

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“Sheet cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20cake. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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