: a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened
b
: a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder)
c
: a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried
Noun
I made three cakes for the party.
He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
a slice of chocolate cakeVerb
The mud had caked on his boots.
shoes caked with dried mud
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Kansas City cookbook author and foodista Judith Fertig grew up in a German-Irish Catholic family in Cincinnati, where every Easter her mother baked a traditional lamb cake.βπ Image Lisa Gutierrez
april 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026 Diaper cakes may not sound sophisticated, but there are several stylish options that make great centerpieces.βπ Image Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
There are five different hot sauces, 58 tortillas and a variety of sweet treats, from pudding and cobbler to cake, chocolate and cookies.βπ Image Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026 Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.βπ Image Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cake
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake
