English > cake: 4 senses > noun 3, food| Meaning | 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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