Cake
noun
A sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and sugar.
She baked a chocolate cake for her brother's birthday.
Often appears as...
- bake a cake
- birthday cake
noun
An item with a flat, round or rectangle shape.
She used a whole cake of soap in the bath.
Often appears as...
- cake of soap
- cake of wax
noun
An easy or pleasant situation or task.
This job is a piece of cake.
Often appears as...
- piece of cake
- like a piece of cake
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To cover something thickly.
His shoes were caked with mud.
Often appears as...
- cake with mud
- cake in dust
noun
A large quantity of money or valuable possessions.
He made a big cake from his investments.
Often appears as...
- make a cake
- have your cake
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
noun
A sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and sugar.
She baked a chocolate cake for her brother's birthday.
Often appears as...
- bake a cake
- birthday cake
noun
An item with a flat, round or rectangle shape.
She used a whole cake of soap in the bath.
Often appears as...
- cake of soap
- cake of wax
noun
An easy or pleasant situation or task.
This job is a piece of cake.
Often appears as...
- piece of cake
- like a piece of cake
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To cover something thickly.
His shoes were caked with mud.
Often appears as...
- cake with mud
- cake in dust
noun
A large quantity of money or valuable possessions.
He made a big cake from his investments.
Often appears as...
- make a cake
- have your cake
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Cakes are often associated with celebrations, like birthdays or weddings.
Every year, my family has a tradition of sharing a large birthday cake.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety in Desserts
The term 'cake' encompasses a wide range of shapes and flavors, from cupcakes to cheesecakes.
For the party, let's order a variety of cakes, including sponge and fruit ones.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Sometimes 'cake' can describe something that is layered or multi-level.
The different levels of the game were like layers of a cake.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Cakes are often associated with celebrations, like birthdays or weddings.
Every year, my family has a tradition of sharing a large birthday cake.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety in Desserts
The term 'cake' encompasses a wide range of shapes and flavors, from cupcakes to cheesecakes.
For the party, let's order a variety of cakes, including sponge and fruit ones.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Sometimes 'cake' can describe something that is layered or multi-level.
The different levels of the game were like layers of a cake.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Cakes are often associated with celebrations, like birthdays or weddings.
Every year, my family has a tradition of sharing a large birthday cake.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety in Desserts
The term 'cake' encompasses a wide range of shapes and flavors, from cupcakes to cheesecakes.
For the party, let's order a variety of cakes, including sponge and fruit ones.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Sometimes 'cake' can describe something that is layered or multi-level.
The different levels of the game were like layers of a cake.
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How sugar affects the...
This reward system is a series of electrical and chemical pathways across several different regions of the brain. It's a complicated network, but it helps answer a single, subconscious should I do that again? That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you taste Grandma's chocolate cake? That's your reward system saying,
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Birthday Cake for Panda...
the car let that freeze and then we would put on the applique so it's like the windows and the headlights things like that when it comes to food based enrichment that is part of the diet so when we make cakes or other enrichment items like that typically what we're going to do is we're going to take part
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Celebrating Mardi Gras...
obligations such as buy next year's king cake here the baby goes on the outside the king cake is a traditional new orleans mardi gras pastry you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season during the year
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Cakes of Deception PIPE...
think of the more expensive cake versus delicious this is the fancy one this is much better this is really good derp people really seem to like the expensive cake they said it was delicious they said it was moist and had better frosting makes sense you get what you
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Meet the dazzling flying...
of how wonderful and magical the universe we live in is, that it allows creative, clever creatures to sculpt it in such spectacular ways. The fact that this technology has such huge commercial and economic potential is just icing on the cake. Thank you.
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What you don't know...
until that far-off day, when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore. And then they'll get stupid drunk and smash cake in each other's faces and do the Macarena. And we'll be there,
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The brain in love PIPE...
and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy. And certainly, I make all the same mistakes that everybody else does too, but it's really deepened my understanding and compassion, really, for all human life.
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The Dirty Side Of...
dirty this colony was we thought okay let's find one that looks clean and it was it was just impossible they had mud all over them there was just all sorts of things caked on their feathers so instead of trying to frame all of
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Situational irony: The...
That is irony. So while the cake dropper might not be ironic, there are all kinds of situations in life that are. Go out, and find those true examples of irony.
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Singing from the...
afraid of the number four because it sounds like the word for death and if you say cake I'm gonna want to see a turnip with the help of my mom and my
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
This reward system is a series of electrical and chemical pathways across several different regions of the brain. It's a complicated network, but it helps answer a single, subconscious should I do that again? That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you taste Grandma's chocolate cake? That's your reward system saying,
Video examples
Birthday Cake for Panda...
the car let that freeze and then we would put on the applique so it's like the windows and the headlights things like that when it comes to food based enrichment that is part of the diet so when we make cakes or other enrichment items like that typically what we're going to do is we're going to take part
Video examples
Celebrating Mardi Gras...
obligations such as buy next year's king cake here the baby goes on the outside the king cake is a traditional new orleans mardi gras pastry you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season during the year
Video examples
Cakes of Deception PIPE...
think of the more expensive cake versus delicious this is the fancy one this is much better this is really good derp people really seem to like the expensive cake they said it was delicious they said it was moist and had better frosting makes sense you get what you
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
of how wonderful and magical the universe we live in is, that it allows creative, clever creatures to sculpt it in such spectacular ways. The fact that this technology has such huge commercial and economic potential is just icing on the cake. Thank you.
Video examples
What you don't know...
until that far-off day, when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore. And then they'll get stupid drunk and smash cake in each other's faces and do the Macarena. And we'll be there,
Video examples
The brain in love PIPE...
and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy. And certainly, I make all the same mistakes that everybody else does too, but it's really deepened my understanding and compassion, really, for all human life.
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
dirty this colony was we thought okay let's find one that looks clean and it was it was just impossible they had mud all over them there was just all sorts of things caked on their feathers so instead of trying to frame all of
Video examples
Situational irony: The...
That is irony. So while the cake dropper might not be ironic, there are all kinds of situations in life that are. Go out, and find those true examples of irony.
Video examples
Singing from the...
afraid of the number four because it sounds like the word for death and if you say cake I'm gonna want to see a turnip with the help of my mom and my
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.
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Nicole Byer
American Comedian
What can cake teach you about life? That practice makes perfect, and if you try something once, it probably won't be perfect, and you have to keep working on it if you want to be good at it.
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Patrick Carney
American Musician
I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
The dream is to have it all. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, that life, this life, you know? You only live one time - I want to get it all in.
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Kevin McCloud
British Designer
It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?
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Frances Arnold
American Scientist
Life is not a piece of cake, and it certainly is not for many of the people I know.
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George Harrison
British Musician
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
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Paul Hollywood
English Chef
Making cake is one of the easiest things in the world.
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Edwin Jackson
American Athlete
My mom, she cooks the best pound cakes in the world.
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Big Daddy Kane
American Rapper
Life ain't a piece of cake for me.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.
Quote examples
Nicole Byer
American Comedian
What can cake teach you about life? That practice makes perfect, and if you try something once, it probably won't be perfect, and you have to keep working on it if you want to be good at it.
Quote examples
Patrick Carney
American Musician
I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
Quote examples
Paul Walker
American Actor
The dream is to have it all. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, that life, this life, you know? You only live one time - I want to get it all in.
Quote examples
Kevin McCloud
British Designer
It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?
Quote examples
Frances Arnold
American Scientist
Life is not a piece of cake, and it certainly is not for many of the people I know.
Quote examples
George Harrison
British Musician
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
Quote examples
Paul Hollywood
English Chef
Making cake is one of the easiest things in the world.
Quote examples
Edwin Jackson
American Athlete
My mom, she cooks the best pound cakes in the world.
Quote examples
Big Daddy Kane
American Rapper
Life ain't a piece of cake for me.
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