English > cake: 4 senses > noun 3, foodMeaning | baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. |
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Narrower | Boston cream pie | layer cake filled with custard |
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Eccles cake | A flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit |
Victoria sandwich, Victoria sponge | A cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between |
applesauce cake | moist spicy cake containing applesauce |
baba | A small cake leavened with yeast |
birthday cake | decorated cake served at a birthday party |
cheesecake | made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust |
chiffon cake | Very light cake |
chocolate cake | cake containing chocolate |
coconut cake | cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting |
coffeecake, coffee cake | A cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee |
cookie, cooky, biscuit | Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term) |
crumb cake | cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour |
crumpet | A thick soft cake with a porous texture |
cupcake | small cake baked in a muffin tin |
friedcake | small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat |
fruitcake | A rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on |
gateau | Any of various rich and elaborate / elaborate cakes |
genoise | Rich and delicate Italian sponge cake |
gingerbread | cake flavored with ginger |
honey cake | A spicy cake partially sweetened with honey |
jumble, jumbal | small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie |
layer cake | cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting |
marble cake | made of light and dark batter very lightly blended |
pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake | A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle |
petit four | small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake |
pound cake | Rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour |
prune cake | moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree |
rock cake | A small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock |
savarin | A sponge cake baked in a ring mold |
seedcake, seed cake | A sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon |
spice cake | cake flavored with spices |
sponge cake | A light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening |
teacake | Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea |
torte | Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts |
upside-down cake, skillet cake | Batter baked atop a layer of sweetened fruit then turned upside down so fruit is on top |
waffle | pancake batter baked in a waffle iron |
wedding cake, bridecake | A rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations |
white cake | cake made without egg yolks |
Broader | baked goods | Foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven |
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Spanish | bizcocho, cake, coca, pastel, tarta, torta |
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Catalan | coca, pa de pessic, pastís |
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