cake
noun
[ keɪk ]
• an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.
• "a delicious cake smothered with whipped cream"
• an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and typically baked or fried.
• "a starter of goat's cheese and potato cakes"
cake
verb
• (of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object).
• "his clothes were caked in mud"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage .
