cake

Definitions of cake
  1. noun
    baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
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    baba
    a small cake leavened with yeast
    gateau d'anniversaire
    decorated cake served at a birthday party
    gateau au fromage
    made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust
    mousse
    very light cake
    gateau au chocolat
    cake containing chocolate
    gateau à la noix de coco
    cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting
    gâteau au café
    a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee
    petit gâteau
    small cake baked in a muffin tin
    gateau au fruit
    a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
    gateau
    any of various rich and elaborate cakes
    gâteau mousseline, génoise
    a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening
    pain d'épice
    cake flavored with spices
    gâteau au gingembre, pain d'épice
    cake flavored with ginger
    quatre-quarts
    rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour
    gâteau fourré
    cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting
    petit four
    small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake
    biscuit
    small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie
    savarin
    a sponge cake baked in a ring mold
    gateau au miel
    a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey
    génoise
    rich and delicate Italian sponge cake
    gateau aux graines de carvi
    a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon
    petite brioche
    any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea
    biscuit
    any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
    gateau frit
    small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat
    crêpe
    a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
    gaufre
    pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
    rocher
    a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock
    baba au rhum
    a baba soaked in rum
    crêpe
    small very thin pancake
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    produit cuisiné
    foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
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