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  1. noun A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings.
  2. noun A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake that is baked or fried.
  3. noun A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty.
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  • But the icing on the cake was the Arizona senator playing once again the 9 / 11 card. —  jlpagano.net
  • The iceing on the cake was the news that broke that SBUX was supporting McCain in his bid for prez .... —  Starbucks Gossip
  • But the frosting on the cake is the tremendous storytelling talent you have once again shared. —  Baseball Analysts
  • It also featured spokesmodels wearing what appeared to be the Making Things With Light: The VW Gala in Shanghai In our day, we have witnessed some interminable press events, but this one literally wandered so slowly off with the cake that we're not sure that the cake was there in the first place or if the thieves may actually have left it behind. —  Jalopnik
  • We know the flower on her cake was a tulip. —  IGN Complete
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bread ·  pie ·  biscuit ·  butter ·  dish ·  coffee ·  loaf ·  potato ·  sandwich ·  sauce ·  chocolate ·  egg

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cake:   cakes ·  caked
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  1. Middle English, from Old Norse kaka.

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  1. from Middle English cake, from Icelandic kaka = Swedish kaka = Danish kage, a cake, akin to D. koek, a cake, gingerbread, dumpling, diminutive koekje (later English cooky, q. v.), = Low German koke = Old High German chuocho, Middle High German knoche. G. kuchen, a cake, a tart. The word has no connection with L. coquere, English cook.
  2. from cake, n.
  3. English dial.: see cackle.
 

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