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KAYKT-in/ˈkeɪk tɪn/

A cake tin (id: cake-tin) is a metal container for baking or storing a cake (UK). A baking tray is flatter; a cake stand is for display. Bake sales: return the cake tin; the hall kitchen is not lost property.

Meaning

A metal container for baking or storing a cake (UK).

Examples

• “Return the cake tin after the bake sale; the hall kitchen is not lost property.”
• “A cake tin in food tech is greased as the recipe says; a cardboard box is not a baking tin.”

Good to know

a cake tin (UK). Contrast: a baking tray / a cake stand. Food tech / bake sales. Countable tins. Mix-up: a tin of cake in a shop is packaged food, not the baking tin.

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