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 …—
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The food court had a spread of pizza, hot dogs, and squares of sheet cake, a plastic fork planted neatly atop each.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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
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Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for sheet cake
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“Sheet cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20cake. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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