Cake
Meaning
An item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.
Pronunciation
UK keɪk
US keɪk
Example Sentences
- The first “cheese cake” was created on the Greek island of Samos.
- The Ancient Greeks used the simple ingredients of flour, wheat, honey and cheese formed into a cake and baked.
- Greek brides and grooms were also known to use cheesecake as a wedding cake.
- However, modern cheesecake is not usually classified as a cake, despite the name.
- The cake measured 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) in diameter, and 0.85 m (2 ft 9 in) tall.
- It goes well on a baguette or biscuit, and the entire experience is akin to eating a small piece of cake.
- Gradually, at the time of [Ming] and [Qing] dynasties, the cake got transformed to rolls and the name changed from spring dish to spring rolls.
- In Vietnam, '[Bánh] mì' when translated literally refers only to 'bread', or 'wheat cake'.
- German chocolate cake has history with Germany.
- Doughnuts can be made from a yeast-based dough for more puffy doughnuts or a special type of cake batter.
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