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

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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 The batter is loaded up with apples that lend an incredible moistness to this rustic sheet cake. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025 Pumpkin Spice Mini Sheet Cake The mini sheet cake has a pumpkin spice cake base topped with piped cream cheese frosting. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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