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cake

noun [C or U] (FOOD)
 
 
/keɪk/

Definition

A1 a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar: Would you like a piece of/a slice of/some cake? chocolate/sponge cake a birthday/Christmas cake cream cakes He made/baked a delicious cake. → See also oatcake, pancakeCakes
(Definition of cake noun (FOOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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