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angel food cake a light white sponge cake made of beaten egg whites, cream of tartar, flour, and sugar.
baba au rhum a light, porous cake, usu. made with yeast and sometimes containing raisins or other dried fruit, that is soaked with rum before serving.
baked Alaska a rich dessert made by piling ice cream on top of a layer of cake, covering the whole with meringue, and baking or broiling until the meringue begins to brown.
bakery a store, or part of a store, in which baked goods, such as bread, cake, and pastry are made or sold.
bannock in Scottish or British cookery, a flat unleavened cake made of oatmeal, wheat, or other grains and baked on a griddle.
batter2 a thick mixture of liquid, flour, eggs, and other ingredients, often baked into bread or cake.
biscuit an unsweetened bread in the shape of a small cake, made with a generous amount of shortening and leavened with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. [3/4 definitions]
Boston cream pie a two-layer cake with a custard filling and chocolate icing.
brownie a small square of dense chocolate cake, usu. rich and chewy and often containing nuts. [1/3 definitions]
cakewalk a high-strutting, marchlike dance done in competition for the prize of a cake, awarded to the most intricate or unusual performance. [2/5 definitions]
charlotte a dessert made by lining a mold with cake, which is then filled with custard, cooked fruit, or whipped cream.
charlotte russe a dessert consisting of a lining of ladyfingers or sponge cake filled with Bavarian cream.
cheesecake a rich cake containing sweetened cream cheese or cottage cheese, milk, eggs, and flavoring. [1/2 definitions]
citron the rind of this fruit, candied and used in fruit cake or the like. [1/3 definitions]
coffeecake a sweet, breadlike cake, often containing nuts or raisins and served with coffee.
cookie a small, sweet, flat or ball-shaped cake baked from stiff dough. [1/4 definitions]
cottage pudding a dessert consisting of a simple cake covered with a sweet sauce, as of fruit.
croquette a cake or patty of minced food such as fish, usu. held together with eggs or a thick sauce, coated with bread crumbs, and fried in deep fat.
cruller a sweet cake made from deep-fried dough, usu. shaped into a ring or twisted into a spiral.
crumpet a thin muffinlike cake baked on a griddle, esp. in England.
cupcake a little cake baked in a mold roughly the size and shape of a cup.