cake Definition
a sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and other ingredients, typically with eggs and butter, and often served with icing or frosting.
Using cake: Examples
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how "cake" can be used in various situations through the following examples!
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I baked a cake for my sister's birthday.
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The wedding cake was beautifully decorated.
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She loves to eat chocolate cake.
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The bakery sells a variety of cakes.
cake Synonyms and Antonyms
Phrases with cake
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After all the problems we've had, this really takes the cake!
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The exam was a piece of cake.
to have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time
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You can't have your cake and eat it too. You have to choose between the two options.
Origins of cake
from Old Norse 'kaka'
Summary: cake in Brief
The term 'cake' [keɪk] refers to a sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and other ingredients, typically with eggs and butter, and often served with icing or frosting. It can be used in phrases like 'take the cake,' meaning the most surprising or impressive thing, and 'a piece of cake,' meaning something very easy to do. The idiom 'have your cake and eat it too' means to have two good things at the same time that are impossible to have at the same time.
