- 1[countable, uncountable] a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with icing a piece/slice of cake to make/bake a cake a chocolate cake a birthday cake a cake pan see angel food cake, fruit cake, sponge cake, wedding cake
- 2[countable] a food mixture that is cooked in a round flat shape potato cakes see fish cake Idioms
to sell quickly or in great numbers
to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available
something extra and not essential that is added to an already good situation or experience and that makes it even better It's an added bonus—the icing on the cake.
a thing that is very easy to do
to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that someone has done
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