cake
cake [cake cakes caked caking] noun, verb BrE [keɪk] NAmE [keɪk]
noun
1. countable, uncountable a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or ↑icing
•a piece/slice of cake
•to make/bake a cake
•a chocolate cake
•a birthday cake
• (BrE)a cake tin (= for cooking a cake in)
• (NAmE)a cake pan
see also ↑angel food cake, ↑Christmas cake, ↑fruit cake, ↑sponge cake, ↑wedding cake
2. countable a food mixture that is cooked in a round flat shape
•potato cakes
see also ↑cattle cake, ↑fishcake
more at go/sell like hot cakes at ↑hot adj., icing on the cake at ↑icing, a piece of cake at ↑piece n.
Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage.
Example Bank:
•Everyone cheered as the bride and groom cut the wedding cake.
•He cut her a slice of cake.
•I blew out the candles on my birthday cake.
•Pour the cake mixture into a bowl.
•Pour the cake mixture into a greased and lined tin.
•She brushed some cake crumbs off her lap.
•Spread the cake with the butter cream.
•a box of cake mix
•a rich, moist fruit cake
Idioms: ↑have your cake and eat it ▪ ↑slice of the cake ▪ ↑take the cake
Derived Word: ↑caked
verb
1. transitive, usually passive ~ sth (in/with sth) to cover sth with a thick layer of sth soft that becomes hard when it dries
• Her shoes were caked with mud.
2. intransitive if a substance cakes, it becomes hard when it dries
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage.
Example Bank:
•The cloth was caked in her blood.
•When he ran onstage, his face was caked with make-up.
See also: ↑have your cake and eat it too ▪ ↑piece of the pie ▪ ↑take the biscuit
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