Food / A1

KAYK/keɪk/

Sweet, baked, and often for a celebration: cake. A birthday cake has candles. Cake is often uncountable when you mean the food (some cake), and a piece of cake is one serving. Cookie is American; biscuit is the usual British small sweet.

Meaning

A sweet food made from flour, eggs, and sugar, often for birthdays.

Examples

• “We had cake after dinner.”
• “Would you like some cake?”
• “Mum made a chocolate cake.”

Good to know

some cake / a piece of cake. birthday cake. Not the same as biscuit.

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