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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 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 flour, eggs, liquid, and other things. Batter is used to make things such as cake. |
biscuit |
the British word for a small, thin, sweet cake baked from stiff dough. "Biscuit" often has the same meaning as "cookie." [2/3 definitions] |
Boston cream pie |
a two-layer cake with a custard filling and chocolate icing. |
brownie |
a small square of chocolate cake that is rich and chewy. [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 cake. |
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 for one person. Cupcakes are baked in a mold that has the size and shape of a cup. |
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