cake1 nouncake2 verb
cakecake1 /keɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun 
WORD ORIGINcake1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old Norse kakaEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a birthday cake
- Do you want a piece of cake?
- A plastic Santa was sledging across the snow-white surface of a cake.
- Each of us receives a slice of heavenly chocolate cake.
- From top, Smoked salmon rolls with pesto rice, Christmas jewel basmati salad, Basmati rice cake.
- Many cake recipes call for all-purpose flour, but those that suggest cake flour do so for a reason.
- Noreen, frankly, wanted her cake and to eat it as well.
- Pour into greased and floured 9-by-13-inch cake pan.
- She would have been on the floor for those pastries, and after the chocolate cake.
- When the cake is cool, slice it across with a large knife to make two cakes.
Longman Language Activatorto be very easy to do
spoken informal · If you can learn Japanese, learning French should be a piece of cake.· Don't worry about the exam. It'll be a cinch!be a cinch to learn/drive/use etc · My new car's a cinch to drive, compared to the old one.
British informal /be a snap/a breeze American informal · "You passed your driving test?'' "Yes -- it was a doddle!''· Managing a team of businessmen is a snap compared to a team of twelve-year-olds.a doddle/snap/breeze to do something · It's a snap to make this sauce if you have a few basic ingredients in the cupboard.
use this when saying that something is surprisingly easy for someone to do, or that something is very easy compared to something else: · Persuading people to give away their money is child's play when you know how.· Life today is child's play compared to how it was 100 years ago.
spoken say this when it is easy for you to do something, even though other people think it is difficult: · "Oh, great! You've fixed the washing machine." "Yeah, there was nothing to it, really."
use this to say that something is so easy that everyone could do it: · Anyone can learn to cook.· I don't know why you think you're so clever -- anyone can do that.· Politicians insist that there are plenty of jobs and that anyone can get one if they really try.
someone who is a pushover is very easy to defeat, persuade etc: · The kids all think their new English teacher's a real pushover.be no pushover (=not be easy to defeat, persuade etc): · Colonel Moore was no pushover. He wouldn't let anyone tell him what to do.
spoken extremely easy: · Sally smiled to herself. It was easy to attract men. Like taking candy from a baby.
the part of something that someone gets or owns the part of something that one person gets or owns when something is shared between several people: · If your grandfather left any money, you will get your share.share of: · Wilson's share of the business is worth $500,000.share in: · An Australian businessman has bought a 10 percent share in the project.
the share of something, especially money, that has been officially given to a person or an organization: · The allocation for atomic research has been doubled.· Schools will be given cash allocations per student.· Special ticket allocations were made for members of the company and their guests.
informal someone's share of something, especially money: · How much is my cut going to be?· The distributors and the wholesalers all get their cut, and this is what pushes up the price.cut of: · Investigators found that her cut of the profits amounted to more than 25%.
a part of something that is divided into different parts, especially equal parts: · The money should be shared out in equal portions between all members of the family.· Most of the profit goes to the retailer; some goes to the middleman, and the remaining portion goes to the producer.portion of: · A major portion of the budget is spent on defence.
a share of something such as a company's profits or the sales of a product that someone wants to get, or believes they have a right to: · Since the company's announcement of record profits, workers are demanding a bigger slice of the cake.· By building cars in Britain, Toyota aim to win an even larger slice of the cake.
a large or important part of something that you own or pay for, especially when this involves some risk: stake in: · China has a major stake in the project.· She went into business by acquiring a stake in a copper mine in Australia.· The American investor boosted his stake in the company to 15%.
worst worse than anything else or worse than at any time before: · In my opinion, that's the worst movie of all time.· The doctor said it was one of the worst cases of food poisoning he'd ever seen.· UN workers were withdrawn from the western areas, where the worst bloodshed has occurred.by far the worst (=much worse than any other): · It's by far the worst neighborhood in the whole city.· First thing in the morning is by far the worst time to ask Dad a favour.
if a situation hits or reaches rock bottom , it is worse than it has ever been before, and cannot get any worse than that: · After we lost the contract, morale in the office reached rock bottom.· Confidence in the city's police force has hit rock bottom.
also something takes the biscuit British spoken informal use this to say that something is the worst of its kind - used especially in a humorous way: · I've known some idiots in my time, but you really take the cake. · This last little escapade really takes the biscuit, Tom.
WORD SETSabalone, nounacetic acid, nounadditive, nounaftertaste, nounà la carte, adjectiveal dente, adjectivealfresco, adjectiveambrosia, nounangelica, nounaniseed, nounantipasto, nounappetizer, nounarrowroot, nounbad, adjectivebaker, nounbaking powder, nounbaking soda, nounbanana split, nounbanger, nounbanquet, nounbanqueting hall, nounbarbie, nounbarley, nounbasil, nounbass, nounbatch, nounbay leaf, nounBBQ, nounbean, nounbean curd, nounbeansprout, nounbeef, nounbeefburger, nounbeefsteak, nounbeet, nounbell pepper, nounberry, nounbetel, nounbetel nut, nounbicarbonate of soda, nounbilberry, nounbill of fare, nounbinge, nounbinge, verbbistro, nounblackberry, nounblack-eyed bean, nounblack pepper, nounblack pudding, nounblend, verbblend, nounblueberry, nounboard, nounbolt, verbbone, verbbon vivant, nounbony, adjectivebox lunch, nounbramble, nounbran, nounbrandy butter, nounbrasserie, nounbrawn, nounbreakfast, nounbrisket, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounbroth, nounbrown rice, nounbrunch, nounbubble gum, nounbuckwheat, nounbuffet, nounbun, nounbus, verbbusboy, nounbutcher, nounbutcher, verbbutchery, nounbuttercream, nounbutty, nouncafé, nouncafeteria, nouncaff, nouncaffeine, nouncake, nouncan, verbcandy, nouncanned, adjectivecapon, nouncapsicum, nouncaraway, nouncarbohydrate, nouncare package, nouncarvery, nouncassava, nouncater, verbcaterer, nouncatering, nouncatsup, nouncatwalk, nouncayenne pepper, nouncereal, nouncheese, nounchef, nouncherry tomato, nounchickpea, nounchilli, nounChinese, nounchip shop, nounchives, nounchocolate, nounchocolatey, adjectiveChristmas dinner, nounchuck steak, nouncitric acid, nouncitron, nounclotted cream, nounclub sandwich, nouncob, nouncobbler, nouncocoa, nouncocoa bean, nouncoconut milk, nouncoffee house, nouncoffee shop, nouncold cuts, nouncold storage, nouncold store, nouncommissary, nounconcentrate, nouncondensed milk, nouncondiment, nouncone, nounconfection, nounconfectioner, nounconfectioner's sugar, nounconfectionery, nounconserve, nouncontent, nouncontinental breakfast, nounconvenience food, nouncook-chill, adjectivecooker, nouncookie, nouncooking, nouncooking oil, nouncorn bread, nouncorn chip, nouncorncob, nouncorned beef, nouncornet, nouncornflakes, nouncornflour, nouncornmeal, nouncorn on the cob, nouncorn pone, nouncornstarch, nouncorn syrup, nouncottage cheese, nouncotton candy, nouncourgette, nouncourse, nouncover charge, nouncrab, nouncrab apple, nouncracker, nouncrackling, nouncranberry, nouncrayfish, nouncream, nouncream cheese, nouncream cracker, nouncreamer, nouncreamy, adjectivecress, nouncrisp, nouncrisp, adjectivecrispbread, nouncrispy, adjectivecroissant, nouncroquette, nouncrouton, nouncrumb, nouncrumpet, nouncrunchy, adjectivecrust, nouncrusty, adjectivecrystallized, adjectivecucumber, nouncud, nouncuisine, nouncupcake, nouncurd, nouncurdle, verbcurrant, nouncustard, nouncut, nouncutlet, noundainty, nounDanish pastry, noundate, noundefrost, verbdelicacy, noundemerara sugar, noundesiccated, adjectivedevilled, adjectivedevour, verbdiabetic, adjectivedigest, verbdigestible, adjectivedill, noundill pickle, noundine, verbdiner, noundining car, noundinner, noundinner dance, noundinner party, noundinner theater, noundinnertime, noundissolve, verbdoggy bag, noundoily, noundollop, noundough, noundown, verbdrain, verbdredge, verbdried, adjectivedried fruit, noundripping, noundrumstick, noundry goods, noundunk, verbEaster egg, nouneat, verbeatery, nouneating apple, nouneats, nounEccles cake, nounéclair, nounEdam, nounedible, adjectiveeel, nounegg, nouneggplant, nounegg roll, nounelevenses, nounendive, nounEnglish breakfast, nounEnglish muffin, nounentrée, nounepicure, nounescalope, nounevaporated milk, nounfast food, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfeta cheese, nounfig, nounfilbert, nounfillet, verbfilling, adjectivefilling, nounfilo, nounflounder, nounfloury, adjectiveflyblown, adjectivefoil, nounfoodstuff, nounforage, nounfork, verbfortify, verbfreeze-dried, adjectiveFrench bean, nounFrench bread, nounFrench dressing, nounFrench fry, nounFrench loaf, nounFrench stick, nounfries, nounfromage frais, nounfrozen, adjectivefruit, nounfudge, nounfull-fat, adjectivegaram masala, noungarlic, noungarnish, noungarnish, verbgastronomic, adjectivegastronomy, noungel, verbginger, nounglass, nounglassware, noungolden raisin, noungoody, noungourmand, noungrain, nounGranary, adjectivegranulated, adjectivegreasy, adjectivegreasy spoon, noungreen, adjectivegrill, noungristle, noungrocer, nounground, adjectiveground beef, noungrub, noungruel, nounguava, noungum, noungumball, noungumbo, noungumdrop, nounhalal, adjectivehalibut, nounham, nounhamburger, nounhaunch, nounhead table, nounhealth food, nounheart, nounhearty, adjectiveheat, nounherb, nounhigh tea, nounhome economics, nounhot dish, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveiceman, nounindigestible, adjectiveindigestion, nouninedible, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveingest, verbinn, nouninsipid, adjectiveintake, nounirradiate, verbjellied, adjectivejoint, nounjuice, nounjuicy, adjectivejunk, nounjunk food, nounknuckle, nounkosher, adjectivelaxative, nounlean, adjectiveleavings, nounleg, nounlight, adjectiveliquorice, nounlive, adjectiveloaf, nounlocker, nounloin, nounlotus, nounlukewarm, adjectivelump, nounlunch, nounlunch, verblunchbox, nounlunch break, nounluncheon, nounlunch hour, nounlunchroom, nounlunchtime, nounluscious, adjectivemace, nounMadeira cake, nounmain course, nounmaitre d', nounmaize, nounmandarin, nounmandarin orange, nounmangetout, nounmango, nounmaple syrup, nounmargarine, nounmarge, nounmarmalade, nounmarrow, nounmarshmallow, nounMason jar, nounmasticate, verbmature, adjectivemature, verbmeal, nounmealie, nounmealtime, nounmealy, adjectivemeat, nounmeat-packing, nounmeaty, adjectivemellow, adjectivementhol, nounmentholated, adjectivemenu, nounmess, nounmess, verbmess hall, nounmilk chocolate, nounmillet, nounmince, nounmint, nounmocha, nounmolasses, nounmoreish, adjectivemorsel, nounmouldy, adjectivemouth, nounmouthful, nounMSG, nounmunch, verbmung bean, nounmush, nounmushroom, nounmustard, nounnibble, verbnibble, nounnosh, nounnourish, verbnourishment, nounnugget, nounnut, nounnutcracker, nounnutshell, nounnutty, adjectiveoatmeal, nounoats, nounoffal, nounokra, nounon, prepositiononion, nounorder, nounoregano, nounorganic, adjectiveoverindulge, verboxtail, nounpackaging, nounpacker, nounpap, nounparcel, nounpaste, nounpastille, nounpastry, nounpatisserie, nounpearl barley, nounpectin, nounpeel, verbpeel, nounpepper, nounpepper, verbpeppercorn, nounpeppermint, nounperishable, adjectivepetit four, nounpiccalilli, nounpicnic, nounpicnic, verbpie, nounpilaff, nounpilau, nounpimento, nounpinto bean, nounpit, nounpizza parlor, nounpizzeria, nounplain chocolate, nounplain flour, nounploughman's lunch, nounpoor boy, nounpork, nounpork pie, nounpork rinds, nounporridge, nounporterhouse steak, nounportion, nounpostprandial, adjectivepotato, nounpotato crisp, nounpotted, adjectivepoultry, nounpraline, nounprawn, nounprepacked, adjectivepreservative, nounpreserve, verbpreserve, nounpretzel, nounprovision, verbprune, nounpuff pastry, nounpumpernickel, nounpumpkin, nounpuree, verbquince, nounQuorn, nounrabbit, nounrancid, adjectiverare, adjectiveravenous, adjectiveraw, adjectivered meat, nounreheat, verbrennet, nounrepast, nounreplete, adjectiverestaurant, nounrestaurant car, nounrestaurateur, nounrib, nounrice, nounrigatoni, nounrind, nounripe, adjectiveroadhouse, nounrock, nounroe, nounroll, nounroot vegetable, nounrose hip, nounrusk, nounrutabaga, nounsaccharin, nounsalad cream, nounsalad dressing, nounsalami, nounsalmon, nounsalsa, nounsalt, verbsalt, adjectivesalty, adjectivesandwich, nounsardine, nounsassafras, nounsatisfying, adjectivesatsuma, nounsauerkraut, nounsausage, nounscallion, nounscampi, nounscone, nounscoop, nounScotch broth, nounscratchings, nounseafood, nounseasoned, adjectiveseed, verbsemolina, nounservery, nounservice charge, nounserving, nounset, adjectiveshallot, nounshellfish, nounsherbet, nounshish kebab, nounshortbread, nounshortcake, nounshortcrust pastry, nounshoulder, nounshrimp cocktail, nounside order, nounsillabub, nounsimnel cake, nounsingle cream, nounsirloin, nounsitting, nounskimmed milk, nounskin, nounskin, verbslaw, nounslice, nounsliced bread, nounsloe, nounsloppy joe, nounsmorgasbord, nounsnack bar, nounsnow pea, nounsoda fountain, nounsodium chloride, nounsoft fruit, nounsorghum, nounsoul food, nounsour, adjectivesour, verbsourdough, nounsoya, nounsoya bean, nounspearmint, nounspinach, nounsponge, nounsponge cake, nounsponge pudding, nounspoon, verbspoonful, nounspotted dick, nounspread, nounspring onion, nounspring roll, nounsprout, nounspud, nounsquash, nounsquid, nounstaple, nounstarfruit, nounstarter, nounsteak, nounsteakhouse, nounsteak tartare, nounstew, nounstick, nounStilton, nounstir-fry, verbstodge, nounstone-ground, adjectivestrawberry, nounstring bean, nounstringy, adjectivestrudel, nounsub, nounsucrose, nounsuet, nounsugar, nounsugar, verbsugar-coated, adjectivesugar cube, nounsugar lump, nounsugary, adjectivesultana, nounsun-dried, adjectivesup, verbsupper, nounsustenance, nounswallow, verbswallow, nounswede, nounsweetcorn, nounsweetened condensed milk, nounsweetener, nounsweetmeat, nounsweet pepper, nounsweet potato, nounsyrup, nounsyrupy, adjectivetable d'hôte, nountaco, nountaffy, nountainted, adjectivetakeaway, nountakeout, nountangerine, nountapas, nountapioca, nountaramasalata, nountariff, nountart, nountartare sauce, nountaste, verbtasteless, adjectivetaster, nountasting, nountater, nountattie, nounT-bone steak, nountea, nounteacake, nountender, adjectivetin, nountinned, adjectivetitbit, nountoffee apple, nountofu, nountomato, nountongue, nountop, nountopping, nountop round, nountopside, nountop table, nountortilla, nountough, adjectivetransport cafe, nountreacle, nountrifle, nountripe, nountrotter, nountruck stop, nountruffle, nountub, nountuna, nounturkey, nounTurkish delight, nounturnip, nounturnover, nountutti frutti, nounTV dinner, nounTVP, noununadulterated, adjectiveunleavened, adjectiveunpalatable, adjectivevacuum-packed, adjectivevanilla, nounveal, nounvegan, nounvegetable, nounvegetarian, nounvegetarianism, nounveggie, nounvenison, nounvictual, verbvictuals, nounvoracious, adjectivevoucher, nounwaiter, nounwaitress, nounwalnut, noun-ware, suffixwarmed-over, adjectivewedge, nounwell, nounwell-done, adjectivewell-fed, adjectivewet fish, nounwheat, nounwhite, nounwhite flour, nounwhite pepper, nounwhite sauce, nounwholefood, nounwholemeal, adjectivewhole wheat, adjectivewiener, nounwild rice, nounwishbone, nounwrap, nounyeast extract, nounyoghurt, nounyogurt, nounyolk, nounyule log, nounyummy, adjectivezucchini, nounzwieback, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
Add water to the cake mix and bake at 375°F. boots caked with mud (=covered in mud)
· Let’s make a cake for his birthday.
· We decorated the cake with strawberries and cream.
British English, frost a cake American English (=cover a cake with fine sugar mixed with a liquid)· She iced her own wedding cake.
phrases· Would you like a slice of cake?
· Do you have any good cake recipes?
British English, a cake pan American English (=that you bake a cake in)· Use a 20 cm cake tin.
· There’s a very good cake shop in the market.
(=a mixture that you buy in a packet and use for making a cake)· If I’m feeling lazy, I sometimes use a cake mix.
types of cake (=a special cake for a birthday etc)· Lucy had twelve candles on her birthday cake.
· Home-made cakes are much nicer than bought ones.
(=one with dried fruit in it)· Fruit cakes keep for quite a long time.
(=one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs)· It’s best to eat sponge cakes on the day you make them.
(=a sponge cake with a chocolate etc flavour)· She’d baked a chocolate cake for me.
(=one with thick cream inside it)· I’ll get fat if I eat any more cream cakes.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘cook a cake’. Say make a cake or bake a cake.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· She had a birthday cake with 21 silver candles on it.
(=covered with dry blood)· The cat's fur was caked with blood.
· For her birthday he made a chocolate cake.
British English (=a cake with cream inside)
Add water to the cake mix and bake at 375°F. boots caked with mud (=covered in mud)· The bride and groom cut the wedding cake.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· A big birthday cake came out for Sandra with eighteen candles which she ceremoniously blew out.· And of course the birthday boy should always get the biggest slice of cake.· But Harry can expect a big cake, a pile of cards ... and a special phone call from home.
· According to friends close to her then, her only vice was a double portion of her favourite chocolate cake.· Each of us receives a slice of heavenly chocolate cake.· There's been a chocolate cake.· To serve, set several orange slices alongside a slice of chocolate cake.· She would have been on the floor for those pastries, and after the chocolate cake.· A chocolate nut upside-down cake was the request of Teresa Ipock of Longview, Wash.· His winning concoction was Macadamia Fudge Torte: chocolate cake with fudge-filled cavities, topped by macadamia nut streusel.· A molten chocolate cake served with a scoop of chestnut ice cream borders on a religious experience.
· And then Emily fetched the cream cakes in from the fridge.· Abba were a sausage on the cream cake of pop.· There were always cream cakes and I would be brought mine ceremoniously on a plate.· For a treat for myself I'd occasionally buy a cream cake.· Fat people can't stop eating because someday there will be no more cream cakes.· The blow was softened somewhat by the relocation of a cream cake factory bringing 700 jobs.· At your workplace you find that it is somebody's birthday and they treat everyone to a cream cake.· And finally the Danube dances past Vienna, home of the waltz, great composers and superb cream cakes!
· All the rage, she says, selling like hot cakes.· If you are having hot cakes, also order hash browns.· Opren was selling like hot cakes.· Sirloin Stockade has a great dessert item -- hot fudge cake -- which is an undercooked brownie-like substance saturated with fudge sauce.· It should sell like hot cakes if I knock it into the right sort of shape.· Cards depicting Santa in horribly compromising positions are selling like hot cakes.· It smelled of hot cake rising in the oven.· The thing which put Sunday tea apart from that of the rest of the week was the lovely hot Wiltshire dough cake.
· A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake.· Form into 10 large crab cakes.· Cut a little off the wide base of the large cake so that it will sit firmly as the domed body of the clown.· Newspaper colleagues greeted Xi with a large cake on his arrival back in Hong Kong late Saturday night.· They may believe that a smaller share of a larger cake is absolutely bigger than a larger share of a smaller cake.· In his right hand was a large cake with jam on it.· The cold buffet lunch, of high standard, included a large cake in the shape and colours of Searcher.· Spread top of smaller cake with jam, invert on to larger cake and press down firmly.
· Early birthdays were preserved in snapshots: round cakes blazing in the blackness, her own clapped hands in the high chair.· Shape the crawfish mixture into round cakes, approximately 2 ounces each.· Almost at once she was back again staggering under the weight of an enormous round chocolate cake on a china platter.· Cover the round cake with white icing.· I have spent my entire holiday handing round cakes and business.
· Half fill the small basins with cake mixture and fill the large basin with the remainder.· Cut the risen surfaces off the small cakes and sandwich these together with the marmalade to form the head.· They may believe that a smaller share of a larger cake is absolutely bigger than a larger share of a smaller cake.· Prices start at £3.75 for small gift cakes and £6.50 for large party versions.· Then he had three small cakes and an apple.· Spread top of smaller cake with jam, invert on to larger cake and press down firmly.· Spread rest of smaller cake with jam and cover with remaining marzipan, as before.· The whole of East-West trade is at present only a small piece of a small slice of a rather small cake.
NOUN· A willingness to learn and perseverance are much more important than candles on a birthday cake.· The Poole family, grouped rather self-consciously round the birthday cake on Earth, lapsed into a sudden silence.· Dot had made Eth a birthday cake with 15 candles, which happened to be her age when they met.· Were birthday cakes, wishbones, wells and fountains, or churches better than or equal to stars?· In part two: A slice of history.The birthday cake that was sheer folly.· Vivid memories of her childhood holidays go on and on about birthday cakes, pumpkin pies, fruitcakes, and homemade candy.· A big birthday cake came out for Sandra with eighteen candles which she ceremoniously blew out.· It's a birthday cake for you Duncan.
· Guests began with crab cakes, caviar, creme fraiche, smoked salmon and mini beef wellingtons.· Form into 10 large crab cakes.· I am having a blast, as I crunch on crab cakes with jicama slaw and lemon chive aioli.· Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke is putting up a crab cake dinner, and a tour of Baltimore.· The happy hour food menu includes hot wings, chicken quesadillas, onion rings and crab cakes, among others.· Pan-fried Louisiana crab cakes with remoulade sauce and Cobb salad with creamy tarragon sauce are perennial lunchtime favorites.
· Uncooked madeira cake mixture can be frozen in an airtight container.
· It wasn't as splashy as water - it was sort of like cake mix.· In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix and pudding.· Christmas tree cake rack Miniature trees on a rack for sponge cake mixes and jellies.· Stir nuts and water into remaining cake mix mixture, then sprinkle over filling.
· Uncooked madeira cake mixture can be frozen in an airtight container.· You may want to measure it from the top of the pan to the cake mixture.· Half fill the small basins with cake mixture and fill the large basin with the remainder.· Léonie went on licking the cake mixture out of the bowl.· Divide the cake mixture between the cans and place on a greased baking tray.· The octopus body is made from a tubular cake, achieved by baking cake mixture in an empty food can.· Spread half the cake mixture into a greased and lined cake tin.· Divide the cake mixture between them.
· The Clown and Doll cake pans come with two icing bags and nozzles.· Press into greased 10-by-13-inch cake pan.· Grease two 9-inch layer-cake pans, line bottoms with wax paper and grease paper.· Oil a 9-by-1 2-inch cake pan and pour polenta into it.· Grease and flour two cake pans.· If you decide to use a tube pan instead of a cake pan, it may take 10 minutes more to bake.· Butter and dust with flour a 10-inch cake pan. 2.
· Slide the potato cake from the pan on to a plate.
· His plate held the last few crumbs of a generous slice of pound cake.· She made potato salad and deviled eggs and tea and I brought green beans and a pound cake.· After ripening, use as a topping for pudding, pound cake or ice cream.· She had been in the midst of baking a pound cake and it had come out too heavy.· I got a pound cake from Patience mailed in September.· He puts butter on already buttery things like croissants and pound cake.
· This has to be one of the easiest-to-make Christmas cake recipes ever.· Many cake recipes call for all-purpose flour, but those that suggest cake flour do so for a reason.
· From top, Smoked salmon rolls with pesto rice, Christmas jewel basmati salad, Basmati rice cake.· In celebration of a new weight control year, the Quaker Oats Co. has developed yet another rice cake flavor.· Lunch Rice cakes, low-fat cheese, tomatoes and onion, apple.· Basmati rice cake Serves 6-8 1 Boil the rice for 3 minutes in water, then drain.· Deep-fried glutinous rice cakes Glutinous rice is sweet and its sticky texture makes it easy to mould.
· He'd like Mrs Peters and her seed cake.
· Foodstuff varies from fried egg and chips to sausage rolls and sponge cakes.· Brush the glaze while still hot over a fruit cake, but allow to cool slightly before spreading over a sponge cake.· It was rising like a sponge cake.· Both are light sponge cakes with jam and vanilla filling, decorated with soft fondant icing.· Desmond's wife brought them tea and a sponge cake that was still warm.· Card magic cake Buy some regular sponge cake from a local store.· They lay within the cracked rocks like the jam in a crazy sponge cake.· Use the following techniques for lining tins for quick and madeira sponge cakes, and for fruit cakes.
· Victorine balanced the cake tin on the palm of her outstretched hand and frowned at it.· She lifts a cake tin out of her tote bag.· Pour into a 7in round cake tin. 2.· Fold in the lemon juice and zest. 4 Pour into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top level.· There are plenty of cake tins in this month's equipment feature on page 68 to inspire creative cake baking.· I've got all her cake tins and her chopping board, which still smells very evocatively of her wonderful Wienerschnitzel.· There were a number of cake tins and Melanie opened one and found last night's currant cake.· Spread half the cake mixture into a greased and lined cake tin.
· The final chapter - on whither the wedding cake - had this reviewer in helpless stitches.· Encrusted with statues, pillars, and reliefs, it looks like a huge wedding cake in stone.· Everybody saved all their food coupons for the wedding cake.· We all eat wedding cakes from Gisella Tect.· The white pony comes complete with veil, wedding cake, wedding ring, comb and ribbon, for perfect grooming!· But this is no ordinary wedding cake - it's a knitted one!· Three sides of the Piazza were bordered by arched colonnades, tiers upon tiers of them, like a massive wedding cake.· And to round it off their was a tiered wedding cake - all provided by Mrs White.
VERB· It can be found in baking a cake, pruning a tree, or holding a children's party.· Explanation Both baking powder and baking soda are used in baking cakes and some breads.· They were baked in bread, cakes and buns and crushed to make juice.· They put up streamers and got hats and baked a couple of cakes.· Pat Bateson's analogy is to consider baking a cake.· A black family moves in - the neighbours bake them a cake.· She can bake wonderful cakes full of wildflowers, but she never quite finds the sweetness she craves.
· This time, Eleanor had brought a cake of her own - she was good at making them.· They brought boxes of moon cakes and swallows' nests and bags of lotus seeds.· This time she had brought him an almond cake and some chocolate.· Jessica often rewarded Dutsch for his friendliness by bringing him cookies and cakes.
· If he hadn't eaten it, I would have bought the cake at the auction and got rid of it.· They were buying Eccles cakes and treacle tart and currant buns and iced tarts with bright-red cherries on top.· Card magic cake Buy some regular sponge cake from a local store.· For a treat for myself I'd occasionally buy a cream cake.· You can buy wonderful cakes and not have to bake them.· They saw Commander Abigail, with his rolled-up towel and bathing-trunks under his arm, buying cake from Mrs Stead-Carter.· Next door to that I could buy carrot cake ice-cream.
· Use to cover the cake, smoothing around the sides and over the cake drum.· Roll out marzipan to a round large enough to cover the cake.· In this country you cover the cake with poisoned icing.· Trim off excess icing around the base. Cover the round cake with white icing.· It is mainly used for modelling, but can also be used for covering cakes.· Use some red icing to cover the smallest cake and place on top of the green and white parcels.
· Holding firm with one hand, cut and shape the cake as illustrated.· He had short-cropped hair and a jawline lean and sharp enough to cut cake.· Some of the world's most beautiful women have also cut more birthday cakes than Clinton.· Retirement celebrations and cut into their retirement cake.· Alistair Gentleman and Bob Bomont cut the celebration cake.· How to cut the cake is yet to be resolved.· The proceedings were opened by Fiona Richmond who cut the celebration cake and presented the raffle prized.· Leave to dry. 4 Cut the cake in half vertically.
· He is shown, composed after the initial welcome shock, cutting his specially made cake.· He directed them in blowing out the candles and cutting the cake.· Cell divisions cleave the egg, like cutting a cake, and result in a multicellular structure.· Children often use dough in imitation of pastry; rolling, cutting and making cakes, pies or pasties.· He and his brother would take delight in cutting out oat cakes.
· The small boy ate ten griddle cakes and the man eight.· I go to wine bars, I eat carrot cake.· Then he ate one-third of a cake, leaving one-sixth unaccounted for.· There was a time, a generation or two back, when it was fashionable to eat bits of cake yeast.· The audience sat in a warm honey glow, drinking tea and eating richly iced cake.· And for the rest of the morning on into early afternoon, HsingHsing eats cake and bamboo and carrots and gruel.· It also lets feminist psychologists have and eat their methodological cake.· So I said my line, which was: Who ate the Easter cake?
· We pay him to put icing on the cake, and tie him to us.· The background is icing on the cake.· Greening had a day not with just icing on the cake, but with lashings of clotted cream too.· But within that reddish brown icing on the white cake, you can see the neurons arranged into a half-dozen layers.· Although an extra £50, this really was the icing on the cake of a fabulous week.· The prospects of a change in government banking policy has been the icing on the cake.· A year ago, Holiday Inn put the icing on the cake at two of its Florida properties.
· Gran did that, you know, as usual, and she made the cake and I've iced it.· You can make this cake at home.· In her spare time she makes and decorates cakes of different shapes and sizes for all occasions.· This extends to not allowing your children to lick the egg beaters after making a cake if you used fresh eggs.· When the cake is cool, slice it across with a large knife to make two cakes.· Reading a cookery book about how to make a cake is very different from the actual doing of it.· She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law.
· Trim the top of one cake flat and place the other cake on top of it.· Spread a little buttercream over the centre of the marzipan circle and place the second cake on top of this.· Another possibility is to place two rectangular cakes together to make a football pitch.
· All the rage, she says, selling like hot cakes.· They didn't sell many cakes.· There are stalls selling sweets, cakes, espetada and wine.· Mrs Stead-Carter had sold her cakes and was hurrying between the kitchen and the tea-tables.· But it's all we do we don't even sell cake decorations or equipment.· Cafes sell cakes made without sugar.· Opren was selling like hot cakes.· It should sell like hot cakes if I knock it into the right sort of shape.
· Canned salmon sold at eleven cents a can, and Aunt Pat splurged now and then and served fried salmon cakes.· A slave was serving Jehana with sweet cakes on a tray.· They had served a cake, so big you could walk inside it, shaped like an igloo.· A Tea Garden, serving home made cakes, is set in one of the walled gardens.· A snack bar serves tea and cakes.
· In my dream, I am slicing a cake with Mary Wollstonecraft.· Mter slicing the cake for the cameramen, he will step to the microphones for his usual birthday observations.
· It is now a tawdry tourist symbol, an elaborately frosted wedding-cake up which climbing companies yo-yo hundreds of clients.· We cut the enormous multilayered white wedding cake without incident and toasted our marriage with champagne.· He walked past the jewelry shops, every bakery window with a pink-and-white wedding cake.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be selling/going like hot cakes► sell like hot cakes
1- First, is it an ethical investment policy to encourage people to try to have their cake and eat it?
- It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it ... but only if we let them.
- It seems as though the council wants to have its cake and eat it.
- That way he could have his cake and eat it too.
- The benefits of standardization are coupled with the capacity to respond to change-a way to have your cake and eat it too.
- They don't imagine they can have their cake and eat it too.
- You can't have your cake and eat it.
- You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat.
- The latter tend to offer less favourable terms, in order that they may have a slice of the cake.
- Deep fry fish cakes and warm for 5 mins before serving with tomato sauce and lightly-boiled leeks and celery.
- From top, Smoked salmon rolls with pesto rice, Christmas jewel basmati salad, Basmati rice cake.
- I bet he had the fish cakes.
- In celebration of a new weight control year, the Quaker Oats Co. has developed yet another rice cake flavor.
- Lunch Rice cakes, low-fat cheese, tomatoes and onion, apple.
- My husband and the minister wives who come to the party do not care for the rice cake.
- She'd claim it was quite ordinary - fish cake s, only they went wrong - that sort of thing.
- Slide the potato cake from the pan on to a plate.
- Creating graphs is a piece of cake on the computer.
- Getting tickets to the game will be a piece of cake.
- But there is no use pretending the Saturn-Pluto effect will be a piece of cake.
- My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.
- Normally, walking along tarmac is a piece of cake after the rocky excursion along a ridge.
- Should be a piece of cake.
- That was a piece of cake compared to finding a square mile without an ad.
- The one he was allocated, Parky, a homely, Hoomey-sized bay, was a piece of cake compared with Bones.
- You've done some pretty stupid things, but that really takes the cake!
- But the collective foolishness of amending the Constitution wholesale really takes the cake.
- A year ago, Holiday Inn put the icing on the cake at two of its Florida properties.
- And for the family business with such humble beginnings the expansion is just the icing on the cake.
- And just to put the icing on the cake he has named it Black Forest Chateau.
- Female speaker It's an added bonus, the icing on the cake.
- I would also endorse heartily our bikes, which provided the icing on the cake.
- Items such as these are the icing on the cake.
- The prospects of a change in government banking policy has been the icing on the cake.
- This is just the icing on the cake.
- But there is no use pretending the Saturn-Pluto effect will be a piece of cake.
- Glacier walking is a piece of cake; well this bit was, with rolling hills of dazzling serenity.
- My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.
- Normally, walking along tarmac is a piece of cake after the rocky excursion along a ridge.
- Should be a piece of cake.
- That was a piece of cake compared to finding a square mile without an ad.
- The one he was allocated, Parky, a homely, Hoomey-sized bay, was a piece of cake compared with Bones.
- Ahead of him a morose-looking man in a cardigan was sorting through slabs of meat in plastic containers.
- One of the occupied tables contained a man and woman and child, tucking in to great slabs of meat.
- She simply looks satisfied, as if she had just bitten into the most delicious slab of chocolate she ever tasted.
[countable, uncountable] a soft sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs: We had cake and ice cream. a chocolate cake2fish/rice/potato etc cake fish, rice etc that has been formed into a flat round shape and then cooked3[countable] a small block of somethingcake of a cake of soap4be a piece of cake spoken to be very easy: ‘How do you do that?’ ‘It’s a piece of cake! Watch!’5take the cake (also take the biscuit British English) informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine: I’ve heard some pretty dumb ideas, but that takes the cake!6have your cake and eat it British English, have your cake and eat it too American English spoken to have all the advantages of something without its disadvantages7a slice of the cake British English a share of the profit, help etc that is available: Both companies expect to get a big slice of the cake. → sell like hot cakes at hot cake(1)COLLOCATIONSverbsmake/bake a cake· Let’s make a cake for his birthday.decorate a cake· We decorated the cake with strawberries and cream.ice a cake British English, frost a cake American English (=cover a cake with fine sugar mixed with a liquid)· She iced her own wedding cake.phrasesa piece/slice of cake· Would you like a slice of cake?a cake recipe· Do you have any good cake recipes?a cake tin British English, a cake pan American English (=that you bake a cake in)· Use a 20 cm cake tin.a cake shop· There’s a very good cake shop in the market.cake mix (=a mixture that you buy in a packet and use for making a cake)· If I’m feeling lazy, I sometimes use a cake mix.types of cakea birthday/Christmas/wedding cake (=a special cake for a birthday etc)· Lucy had twelve candles on her birthday cake.a home-made cake· Home-made cakes are much nicer than bought ones.a fruit cake (=one with dried fruit in it)· Fruit cakes keep for quite a long time.a sponge cake (=one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs)· It’s best to eat sponge cakes on the day you make them.a chocolate/lemon etc cake (=a sponge cake with a chocolate etc flavour)· She’d baked a chocolate cake for me.a cream cake (=one with thick cream inside it)· I’ll get fat if I eat any more cream cakes.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘cook a cake’. Say make a cake or bake a cake.cake1 nouncake2 verb
cakecake2 verb VERB TABLE
cake
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | it | cakes |
| Present | cake | |
| Past | it, they | caked |
| Present perfect | they | have caked |
| it | has caked | |
| Past perfect | it, they | had caked |
| Future | it, they | will cake |
| Future perfect | it, they | will have caked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | they | are caking |
| it | is caking | |
| Past | they | were caking |
| it | was caking | |
| Present perfect | they | have been caking |
| it | has been caking | |
| Past perfect | it, they | had been caking |
| Future | it, they | will be caking |
| Future perfect | it, they | will have been caking |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- His plimsolls were now caked in heavy clods of wet earth and his jersey was already wet from his soaked mackintosh.
- It was caked with dirt, but he slipped it on anyway.
- The hand was caked in mud, the fingers hooked into a claw.
- Their lashes would be heavily caked whereas the newcomers were fearful of the technique at first.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Add water to the cake mix and bake at 375°F. boots caked with mud (=covered in mud)
· She had a birthday cake with 21 silver candles on it.
(=covered with dry blood)· The cat's fur was caked with blood.
· For her birthday he made a chocolate cake.
British English (=a cake with cream inside)
Add water to the cake mix and bake at 375°F. boots caked with mud (=covered in mud)· The bride and groom cut the wedding cake.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The cloth was caked with her blood.· His eyes opened and he saw his finger caked with blood.· My trousers were caked with blood.· On Jan. 9, officials confiscated a large residential dumpster caked with dried blood on the inner sides and bottom.· Despite the caked blood and the chalky bruised skin I recognised the victim.· Later, I helped her sponge off the caked blood.
· The hand was caked in mud, the fingers hooked into a claw.· The left side of her face is caked with bloodied mud.· She took the can in her gloved hand, which was caked in black mud.· At noon, Ron Malcolm appeared at the door, wearing boots caked with dried mud and a red baseball cap.· His boots were still caked with mud, but they could wait.· Bodies caked in mud, the rescuers gather for a debriefing session; up sound.
· My husband and the minister wives who come to the party do not care for the rice cake.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be selling/going like hot cakes► sell like hot cakes
1be caked with/in something to be covered with a layer of something soft or wet that becomes thick and hard when it dries: - Terry's elbow was caked with dried blood.
- His shoes were caked with dirt.
- It was caked with dirt, but he slipped it on anyway.
- My trousers were caked with blood.
- She took the can in her gloved hand, which was caked in black mud.
- The cloth was caked with her blood.
- The hand was caked in mud, the fingers hooked into a claw.
- The left side of her face is caked with bloodied mud.
- A year ago, Holiday Inn put the icing on the cake at two of its Florida properties.
- And for the family business with such humble beginnings the expansion is just the icing on the cake.
- And just to put the icing on the cake he has named it Black Forest Chateau.
- Female speaker It's an added bonus, the icing on the cake.
- I would also endorse heartily our bikes, which provided the icing on the cake.
- Items such as these are the icing on the cake.
- The prospects of a change in government banking policy has been the icing on the cake.
- This is just the icing on the cake.
- But there is no use pretending the Saturn-Pluto effect will be a piece of cake.
- Glacier walking is a piece of cake; well this bit was, with rolling hills of dazzling serenity.
- My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.
- Normally, walking along tarmac is a piece of cake after the rocky excursion along a ridge.
- Should be a piece of cake.
- That was a piece of cake compared to finding a square mile without an ad.
- The one he was allocated, Parky, a homely, Hoomey-sized bay, was a piece of cake compared with Bones.
- Ahead of him a morose-looking man in a cardigan was sorting through slabs of meat in plastic containers.
- One of the occupied tables contained a man and woman and child, tucking in to great slabs of meat.
- She simply looks satisfied, as if she had just bitten into the most delicious slab of chocolate she ever tasted.
Our boots were caked with mud.2[intransitive] if a substance cakes, it forms a thick hard layer when it dries