CAKE中文(简体)翻译：剑桥词典
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cake 在英语-中文（简体）词典中的翻译
cakenoun uk
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/keɪk/ us
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/keɪk/
cake noun
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A1 [ C or U ] a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar
蛋糕
Would you like a piece of/a slice of/some cake?
你想来块／片／些蛋糕吗？
chocolate/sponge cake
巧克力／海绵蛋糕
a birthday/Christmas cake
生日／圣诞蛋糕
cream cakes
奶油蛋糕
He made/baked a delicious cake.
他做／烤了个美味的蛋糕。
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oatcake
pancake
更多范例减少例句He cut the cake into six pieces and gave each child a slice.Is there any of that lemon cake left?Bake the cake in a hot oven, about 220°C, for 30 minutes."I adore chocolate cake, " said Susannah, smacking her lips.We were offered a selection of cakes and pastries with our tea.
cake noun
(SHAPE)
[ C ] a small flat object made by pressing together a soft substance
饼状物
fish/potato cakes
鱼／土豆饼
a cake of soap
一块肥皂
习语
have your cake and eat it (too)
the slice/share of the cake
cakeverb [ T usually passive ] uk
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/keɪk/
to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out
（用会变干的东西厚厚地）覆盖;（使）结块;凝结
The men were caked in layers of filth and grime.
这些男人身上积了一层层污垢。
boots caked with mud
粘着泥块的靴子
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cake的例句
cake
The need for the largest possible supply of high protein cakes and meals next winter is fully recognised.
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If it were not so, what would our cakes taste like?
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There are also other export products, such as cakes and pastries, which contain milk components.
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The book was published and sold like hot cakes.
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I do not think it is a fair comparison to talk about lotteries for cakes at village fetes.
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Very often the boys, when they "knock off" for meals, eat their food with their finger nails simply caked with it all.
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Arrangements are being made for the issue of licences to obtain wedding cakes free from price control for the celebration of golden weddings.
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The time and hard labour that many village women devote to making dung cakes for fuel or fetching fodder and water for livestock are not acknowledged.
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cake的翻译
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食品, 蛋糕, 形狀…
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惯用语
go/sell like hot cakes idiom
piece of cake idiom
slice of the cake idiom
that takes the cake, at that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
a piece/slice of the cake, at a piece/slice/share of the pie idiom
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/ˈvedʒ.i ˌbɝː.ɡɚ/
a type of food similar to a hamburger but made without meat, by pressing together small pieces of vegetables, seeds, etc. into a flat, round shape
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Meaning of cake in English
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cake noun
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A1 [ C or U ] a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar: Would you like a piece of/a slice of/some cake? chocolate/sponge cake a birthday/Christmas cake cream cakes He made/baked a delicious cake. See also
oatcake
pancake
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More examplesFewer examplesHe cut the cake into six pieces and gave each child a slice.Is there any of that lemon cake left?Bake the cake in a hot oven, about 220°C, for 30 minutes."I adore chocolate cake, " said Susannah, smacking her lips.We were offered a selection of cakes and pastries with our tea.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cakes
angel food cake
angelica
bake sale
baked goods
Bakewell pudding
cupcake
devil's food cake
donut
donut hole
doughnut
macaron
macaroon
Madeira cake
madeleine
malt loaf
sheet cake
shortcake
simnel cake
sponge cake
sponge finger
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cake noun
(SHAPE)
[ C ] a small flat object made by pressing together a soft substance: fish/potato cakes a cake of soap
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Patterns and shapes
amorphous
arabesque
argyle
asymmetrically
asymmetry
fishbone
fishhook
flecked
formless
formlessly
palmate
reticulation
rhomboid
semilunaris
shapeable
shaped
shapeless
shapelessly
silhouetted
variegated
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Idioms
have your cake and eat it (too)
the icing on the cake
the slice/share of the cake
take the cake
cakeverb [ T usually passive ] uk
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(also cake up) to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out: The men were caked in layers of filth and grime. boots caked with mud She said that if your intestines are caked up with stuff, most of what you eat is not going to get through. Synonym
coat
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to put something over someone or somethingcoverI covered her with a blanket to keep her warm.spreadI spread peanut butter on my bread.smother something in/with somethingThe chicken was absolutely smothered in butter sauce.coatCoat the cherries in chocolate.plasterHis laptop cover was completely plastered with stickers.cakeHis shoes were caked in mud.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Covering and adding layers
additive
asphalt
bestrew
bind
blanket
blindfold
bury
film
film over
gum something up
inlaid
lag
retile
retread
seasoned
slap
slap something on
smother something in/with something
tent
veil
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Phrasal verb
cake up
(Definition of cake from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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cakenoun us
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cake noun
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[ C/U ] a sweet food made from flour, eggs, fat, and sugar mixed together and baked: [ C ] a chocolate cake
cake noun
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[ C ] a small, flat object made by pressing together a soft substance: a cake of soap
(Definition of cake from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of cake
cake
In view of the high cost of traditional supplementary feeds such as oilseed cakes, the production of forage, especially legumes, is increasingly being advocated.
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The book was published and sold like hot cakes.
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Specifically, we examined the preparation of wedding cakes and attempted to find episodes of gastrointestinal illness among employees.
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The poignant flavours turn out to be those of cakes and biscuits, the revelations concern clean laundry and darned collars.
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By-products such as stale bread, fancy cakes, biscuits and waffles widely vary in their nutrient composition.
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Again, how does he allow for the fact that a mixture of treats would probably be more acceptable than fireworks or cakes alone - except by means of another arbitrary fiat ?
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The time and hard labour that many village women devote to making dung cakes for fuel or fetching fodder and water for livestock are not acknowledged.
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The difference in these cakes, in their sweetmeats, and their elder wine, is that there is a dash of spice about them not ordinarily met with.
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She mimed the words ' icing sugar ' to her neighbour and, rather than saying the words out loud, she mimed the numbers as she pointed to and counted the cakes.
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The name tea also refers to a light meal taken in the afternoon between 4 and 5, usually consisting of sandwiches, scones and cakes taken with tea.
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The seed crushers who manufacture compound cakes are producing approximately the same proportion of straight cakes as before the war.
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The public already has complete freedom to buy whatever flour confectionery may be offered for sale, whether individual cakes or pre-packed assortments.
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I know that many ladies go into those shops and regard those cakes as most tempting.
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If it were not so, what would our cakes taste like?
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Another point about which he did not give us information is whether shipping has been released for bringing cotton cakes and linseed to this country.
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Collocations with cake
cake
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birthday cakeIt is not said here there was a birthday cake because it is clear for everybody.
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cake decoratingOthers have developed catering and cake decorating businesses or have gone on to teach classes of their own.
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chocolate cakeHer favourite dessert was chocolate cake with frosting.
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What is the pronunciation of cake?
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Translations of cake
in Chinese (Traditional)
食品, 蛋糕, 形狀…
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pastel, bizcocho, pastel [masculine]…
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bolo, bolo [masculine], bolinho [feminine]…
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केक…
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ケーキ, パティ…
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pasta, kek, kalıp……
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gâteau [masculine], galette [feminine], gâteau…
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pastís…
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gebak, koekje, stuk…
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மாவு, முட்டை, கொழுப்பு மற்றும் சர்க்கரை கலவையுடன் தயாரிக்கப்படும் ஒரு இனிப்பு உணவு…
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केक…
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કેક, લોટ, ઈંડા…
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kage, frikadelle, bøf…
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tårta, [mjuk] kaka, bulle…
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kek, buku, disaluti…
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der Kuchen, kuchenartig geformte Masse, der Riegel…
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kake [masculine], kake, -kake…
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کیک…
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торт, тістечко, брикет…
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торт, пирог…
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కేక్…
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كَعْكة…
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কেক, ময়দা, ডিম…
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dort, koláč, koláček…
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kue, sepotong, meliputi…
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เค้ก, อาหารที่ปั้นเป็นชิ้น, ก้อนแบน…
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bánh ngọt, miếng bánh, bánh…
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ciasto, ciastko, tort…
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케이크…
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dolce, torta, pasta…
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cake, in general, any of a variety of breads, shortened or unshortened, usually shaped by the tin in which it is baked, or, more specifically, a sweetened bread, often rich or delicate.In the codified cuisine of France, all cakes, or gâteaux, derive from one of eight basic doughs: short pastry, flake pastry, sweet pastry, savarin, brioche, baba, chou pastry, and genoise. To these are added an infinite variety of flavouring and decorative ingredients, such as marzipan, sugar icing, spices, fruits, and cremes.
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Food history: How to make German Black Forest cakeLearn more about the history of the German Black Forest cake.(more)See all videos for this articleThe torte is a very rich cake found throughout Europe, often of numerous thin layers and containing nuts, fruit, creme, and chocolate in combination. The claim to invention of the world-famous chocolate Sachertorte is disputed between two Vienna hotels.In the United States, cakes usually are made by one of three methods. In the conventional method the sugar and fat are creamed together, the egg added, and a mixture of flour, salt, and baking powder mixed in alternately with the liquid, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. In the quick-dump, or one-bowl, method, all the ingredients except the leavening agent are put into a bowl and mixed vigorously (preferably with a power mixer), the leavening agent added, and mixing completed. As a modification of the method, the eggs and part of the milk may be added as a separate stage. The muffin method involves adding the combined liquid ingredients to the combined dry ingredients; but, although rapid and easy, this method unmodified produces a cake that tends to be coarse-textured and to have poor keeping quality. Chiffon cake is made by a modification of the muffin method in which the egg white is beaten separately and blended with the other mixed ingredients. Shortened cakes made by these methods can be baked in flat layer pans, in loaf pans, or in individual cups and can be baked at oven temperatures of 350–400 °F (177–204 °C).sticky toffee puddingSticky toffee pudding consisting of a dark sponge cake (with the key ingredient of chopped dates) soaked with sweet toffee sauce.(more)English cake recipes using fat are of two main types. The rubbing-in method can be used for most mixtures in which the amount of fat is not more than half the amount of flour by weight. The fat is rubbed into the sifted flour, salt, and leavening agent until the mixture is like fine bread crumbs; sugar and other dry ingredients such as dried fruit are added next, followed by beaten eggs together with any other liquid in the recipe. For satisfactory results, the ingredients must be mixed thoroughly but without beating or overmixing. The creaming method is used when the proportion of fat to flour is half or more by weight, thus producing rich cakes. The fat and sugar are creamed well together, the egg beaten into this mixture, and sifted flour and salt, together with raising agent if necessary, folded carefully in, followed by dried fruit and any liquid in the recipe. Baking temperatures vary from 290 °F (143 °C) for very rich fruit cakes to 425 °F (218 °C) for small buns.Spongecake and angel food cake are examples of unshortened mixtures. These cakes depend largely upon incorporated air for leavening, and, unless modified recipes are used, chemical raising agents are unnecessary, sufficient air to produce a light product being incorporated by whisking the eggs. In angel food cake, only the white of egg is used, beaten with cream of tartar, which is acidic and tends to stabilize the egg-white foam; the blended flour, sugar, and salt then are gently folded in and the desired flavouring added. A portion of the sugar may be beaten with the egg whites. When making sponge cake, two methods are possible: in the first, the unseparated eggs are whisked with the sugar and any flavouring, and the sifted flour is then cut and folded into this thick, light mixture; in the second, the egg yolks are beaten with lemon juice and all or part of the sugar, and the egg whites are beaten separately, with or without part of the sugar, the flour and salt being added to the yolk mixture and the whole combined with the beaten whites. Baking temperatures for unshortened cakes range from 300 to 450 °F (149 to 232 °C), the higher temperatures being used for thin products such as Swiss rolls. Cake flour or pastry flour gives lighter, finer-grained, and more tender cakes than do stronger flours, which are used for breadmaking.
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Throughout Europe and the United States, particular cakes are associated with particular celebrations—e.g., the French Twelfth Night cake, the German Easter torte, and the Christmas fruitcake of the United States. The nature of the wedding cake, traditional throughout the West, varies from country to country. The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Meg Matthias.
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Make America Bake Again: A History Of Cake In The U.S. : The Salt From the waste-not ethos behind Angel Food Cake, to the science fads that sparked chocolate cake, American Cake tells a story of immigration and ingenuity.
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Cowboy Cake is an example of American baking deliciousness born of hard times. When cowboys moved out West, they didn't bring hens with them. Instead of eggs, they "made do by cooking down raisins into a thick syrup that magically moistens and leavens the cake without eggs and with very little fat," says Anne Byrn, author of American Cake.
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Cowboy Cake is an example of American baking deliciousness born of hard times. When cowboys moved out West, they didn't bring hens with them. Instead of eggs, they "made do by cooking down raisins into a thick syrup that magically moistens and leavens the cake without eggs and with very little fat," says Anne Byrn, author of American Cake.
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There may be nothing more American than mom and apple pie – but mom and cake come pretty close. Ask Anne Byrn, the Nashville-based best-selling author and baker whose romance with cake started when she was tall enough to reach for the box of Hershey's cocoa. "Cake is an icon of American culture," says Byrn, who has just published American Cake, a lavish tome layered with buttery pictures. "Be it vanilla, lemon, ginger, chocolate, cinnamon, boozy, Bundt, layered or marbled— cake has a special hold on the American palate, imagination, and heart. Why? Because it is celebratory."
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American Cake takes the reader on a flour-dusted, chronological journey from the era of colonial gingerbread to today's over-frosted towers. Byrn makes for an expert guide, deftly folding history, literary trivia, Americana and origin stories for more than 125 iconic cakes, while providing modernized recipes for each of them. For instance, since eggs today are larger than they were when Mary Lincoln baked her White Almond Cake for Abe, Byrn's recipe calls for six large egg whites, instead of the dozen that Mrs. Lincoln used. We learn how cowboys made eggless cakes on open fires; how pearlash (a refined form of ash collected from burned hardwood trees) was used as a leavening agent before baking powder; how Shaker women used peach twigs to beat egg whites in the vain hope that their meringue would be infused with a peachy flavor; and how housewives innovated to Americanize the cake.
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One of the earliest cakes to use an American ingredient was the Indian Pound Cake, which used corn meal, known then as "Indian meal." Other inventions – the hickory nut cake and black walnut cake – used nuts indigenous to the New World. "Which is why a grandmother's cake recipe will usually have walnuts in it," says Byrn. While some cakes are named after heroes, like George Washington Carver and General Robert E. Lee, others have had more whimsical christenings — such as the Shoofly Pie, named after a circus mule, and the Brooklyn Blackout Cake, a cheeky nod to the blackout drill imposed in Brooklyn post-Pearl Harbor.
Keenly attuned to cake's deep regional roots, Byrn takes the reader on a coast-to-coast trail of crumbs, from "the dark, moist gingerbread of New England, to the elegant, English-style pound cake of Virginia, to the hardscrabble apple stack cake of Appalachia, to the slow-drawl, Deep South caramel, to Hawaii's Chantilly Cake and Alaska's rhubarb, to the more modern California cakes of almond or orange," she writes. The layered cake, a classic American invention, is the perfect metaphor for a nation built on waves of immigration, with each new group adding flavors and techniques to the cake-baking enterprise. Even a small Protestant group like the Moravians, who settled in North Carolina, have a distinctive legacy in the rich potato cake known as Moravian Sugar Cake.
Coconut layer cake is one of the South's best-loved cakes. Author Anne Byrn says enslaved Africans brought with them knowledge of how to use coconuts.
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Enslaved African cooks made for some of the most talented bakers in the antebellum South, producing some of the region's best cakes. "They brought a creativity to cooking and much hard work," says Byrn. "They also brought a knowledge of new ingredients like coconut." "Southern cakes such as the Coconut Cake, Lane Cake, Lady Baltimore Cake, Japanese Fruit Cake, and Pound Cake were very labor-intensive," she adds. "Eggs whites had to be whisked and flour incorporated by hand, the coconut had to be cracked, the meat extracted and shredded." If Italians brought in the rustic torte and Mexicans introduced delicacies like the Chocoflan and Tres Leches Cake, the contribution of German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania (and came to be known as the Pennsylvania Dutch – a corruption of Deutsch) is unmatched. From applesauce cake, crumb coffee cake, molasses coffee cake and chocolate cakes to Shoofly Pie and black walnut cake – they all sprang from Pennsylvania Dutch ovens.
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"Even the American favorite known as Blackberry Jam Cake is a German cake, brought by settlers to Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and other places in the South," says Byrn. "It was made using homemade blackberry jam put up with local fresh berries in the summertime. A jar of jam was saved until Christmas, when it went into this cake redolent with spices." As for that perennial blockbuster, the chocolate cake, who'd have thought this gooey bomb, which made its appearance in the late 1800s, would have a science connection? "It was the time of Edison and electricity," says Byrn. "There were these cooking schools in Boston and Philadelphia which focused on exact measurements and making healthy foods with this new energy-giving ingredient, chocolate. Chocolate companies hired these ladies to create recipes.
Jam cakes existed in Europe. German immigrants brought the tradition to America. They would use local berries to make jam and use it in spice cakes for the holidays.
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"The first chocolate cake was called Mahogany Cake, and it was very pale compared to the deep, dark cakes today." If chocolate cake is an offspring of science, the delicate Angel Food Cake is the child of frugality, created by Pennsylvania Dutch cooks who couldn't bear to let the egg whites left over from noodle-making days go to waste. Later on, the temperance movement swooned over this cloud-soft cake, because it was made without yeast. (Since yeast makes alcohol when heated, it was guilty by association.)
On a micro level, cake has been there for American birthdays, graduations, weddings, victories, elections (including Election Cake) and even funerals. On a macro level, every major historic event – "wars, depressions, good times, stock market upticks, westward migration"– has left its mark on it. During hard times, when the four fundamental ingredients that go into a cake – butter, eggs, sugar and flour – were not always available, what was available, and in spades, was that fifth killer ingredient: ingenuity. Some of the country's best-loved cakes rose (beautifully) from adversity. "The Cowboy Cake is an excellent example," says Byrn. "Frontier settlers moved West and could not carry their hens with them. With no source of fresh eggs, they made do by cooking down raisins into a thick syrup that magically moistens and leavens the cake without eggs and with very little fat. Flash forward to today, when vegan cooks are searching for ways to bake eggless cakes, and the Cowboy Cake continues to be baked." After the Civil War, when the sugar plantations of Louisiana were destroyed, housewives substituted lowly sorghum and molasses and came up with the delicious Gateau de Sirop of Louisiana and the Appalachian Stack Cake. During WWI, sugar and flour were rationed. Cue the 1917 Applesauce Cake. "It's a delicious example of how cakes can be made with little oil or fat," says Byrn. "Applesauce has been, and still is, a substitute for fat and eggs, keeping a cake moist and flavorful."
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The bleak breadline years of the Great Depression produced the ghastly sounding Mayonnaise Cake. "People were just trying to make do using mayo instead of eggs and oil," says Byrn. "Manufacturers even put the recipe on the mayo containers." Despite its dubious appeal, Byrn bravely made one. "Incredibly moist, though a little salty for my taste," is her verdict. Prosperity, too, has left its velveteen imprint. The post-WWII boom brought technical wizardry to the American kitchen, along with that indispensable convenience: the cake mix.
"After the war, everything got bigger. The cake mix took off in a big way," says Byrn. "GIs were given scholarships to study commercial baking, leading to a boom in bakeries. The big popular cakes of the time were the Red Velvet Cake and the Italian Cream Cake." If the '60s were shaped by East Coast chic (Julia Child's The French Chef and Dione Lucas, who ushered in the era of the nearly flourless cake), the '70s were branded with the simple elegance of the California movement. "I interviewed Lindsay Shere, the first pastry chef for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse," recalls Byrn. "Her cakes were more rustic, more Mediterranean, more unprocessed. Her almond torte happens to be one of my favorites." In today's farm-to-table, organic, free-range culinary scene, cake is "trying to find its new identity," says Byrn. "Today's cakes are both sugary and grand, as well as savory and full of freshly roasted beets or local rhubarb. As always, cakes are a window into our soul and a way to better understand ourselves."
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mooncake, Chinese pastry traditionally consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival.Mooncakes are as central to the Mid-Autumn Festival, also called the Moon Festival, as lanterns, candles, and gazing at the full harvest moon. Traditionally, these round or square pastries were simple: a slightly sweet thin pastry molded around a rich filling generally made of sacred lotus seed paste. At some point, a whole salted egg yolk was added to symbolize the Moon.
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Today mooncakes are more varied, as top hotels and restaurants from Beijing to Singapore vie to create exotic (and expensive) new versions. Some bakeries add four or more salted egg yolks in their recipes, while fillings can include red bean paste, nuts, seeds, salted ham, durian paste, mashed taro, and even edible bird’s nest (a delicacy made from the saliva of swiftlets). “Snowy” mooncakes have a wrapper of sweetened rice flour paste, and ice cream mooncakes come in various flavours with a core of mango sorbet to stand in for the egg yolk.Although they are relatively small, mooncakes are rarely eaten whole, because of their rich filling. Instead, they are cut into wedges, the better to appreciate the “moon” at the centre.
Mooncakes allegedly played a role in the overthrow of the Mongol Yuan dynasty that ruled China during the 13th and 14th centuries: messages outlining plans for the revolts were hidden in mooncakes, which were given as gifts to supporters. K.K. Chu Gregory Lewis McNamee
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king cake, a sweet, ring-shaped pastry that is served from Epiphany through Shrove Tuesday in the Christian calendar. It is particularly associated with Mardi Gras, the festive pre-Lenten season in the United States, and it is usually baked with a symbolic trinket hidden inside, often to represent the baby Jesus. Traditionally, the person who receives the piece of cake containing the trinket is named “king” or “queen” of the festivities and is obligated to host the next party of the season, keeping the revelry going until Lent begins. Many other countries have a similar tradition of baking cakes with objects hidden inside as part of pre-Lenten celebrations. History The concept of hiding an object inside a baked cake can be traced back to the ancient festival of Saturnalia, which honored Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture, and was celebrated during the winter solstice. Saturnalia was an occasion when many social hierarchies were subverted; in particular, enslaved people were given temporary freedom and invited to share cake with their enslavers. A mock king, known as the Saturnalicius princeps, was designated for the festival, usually by hiding a fava bean or a coin inside a cake. If a celebrant’s piece of cake contained the hidden object, the lucky reveler was named “king for the day” and could ask for anything, regardless of the person’s social class. In Europe in the Middle Ages a similar cake tradition came to be associated with Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 6 in the Western church and commemorates the arrival in Bethlehem of the Magi (also known as the Three Wise Men or the Three Kings). In the Bible the Magi brought gifts for baby Jesus. The cake was therefore originally called three kings cake and served as both a reenactment and a celebration of the coming of the Magi. Over time, the name was shortened to kings cake and then simply king cake. Other names are Epiphany cake or Twelfth Night cake, the latter referring to the 12 days it took the Magi to arrive in Bethlehem after receiving the news of the birth of Christ (Epiphany marks the 12th and final day of Christmas). King cakes around the world In the United States, king cake is made of cinnamon-flavored brioche (a rich, sweetened bread made with eggs, butter, and milk) that is twisted into a ring with a hole in the center, coated with icing, and sprinkled with gold, green, and purple sugar—the classic colors of Mardi Gras symbolizing power, faith, and justice, respectively. Some variations of the cake are filled with cream cheese, chocolate, or fruit or are topped with sliced fruit, shredded coconut, or chopped or whole nuts such as pecans. King cakes typically have a tiny, plastic baby hidden inside; as in the tradition of the Roman Saturnalia, whoever finds the baby is “king for the day.” The king must also supply the season’s next king cake or host the next party. In the United States, particularly in Louisiana, king cake is enjoyed throughout the pre-Lenten Carnival season. galette des roisFrench galette des rois, an Epiphany cake featuring a gold-colored paper crown and a figurine inside one of the slices. Traditionally, the guest who receives the slice of cake containing the figurine is crowned king or queen of the party.(more)The Louisiana-style king cake originated in France, which has two versions of the cake, both of which are served on Epiphany. The galette des rois of northern France is a flat, round puff pastry scored with an intricate decoration. It is filled with a thick, creamy almond frangipane paste and coated with an egg-wash to produce a golden glaze when baked. Unlike king cakes, galettes des rois do not have a hole at the center. Southern France’s gâteau des rois is a ring-shaped, brioche-style cake made with cognac or orange-blossom water and topped with candied fruit and granulated sugar to resemble a jewel-studded crown. Both versions of the cake include a hidden trinket—traditionally, a bean —and they are typically decorated with a gold-colored paper crown. In modern times the trinket is more often a tiny, ceramic figurine that can resemble anything, such as a pop culture celebrity, a cartoon character, or a miniature work of art. As with the Louisiana king cake, whoever finds the trinket is crowned king or queen of the party. To prevent cheating, the youngest child at the party goes under the table and designates the slices by randomly calling out a guest’s name for each slice as the cake is being cut. In Spain, king cake is called tortell de reis in Catalonia and roscón de reyes in the rest of the country. The cakes are made with a brioche-like dough that is flavored with orange-blossom water or rum, shaped into a circle, and topped with candied fruit. Fillings include whipped cream or marzipan in addition to both a hidden bean and a hidden figurine that may be of baby Jesus, a king, or a pop culture celebrity. The person who finds the figurine wears a cardboard or paper crown signifying their royal status for the day. The person who finds the bean is in charge of purchasing the cake the following year. In Spanish custom, the cakes are typically consumed on Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos) in honor of the Magi.
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rosca de reyesMexican rosca de reyes cake. The cake is served on Epiphany and features stripes of quince or guava paste and candied fruit toppings for decoration and sweetness.(more)Mexico’s rosca de reyes is a close cousin to Spain’s brioche-style cakes, with the same flavors and candied fruit toppings. It differs, however, in that it may be shaped more like an oval and usually does not contain filling. Stripes of guava or quince paste are added on the top for decoration and sweetness. Hidden inside the rosca de reyes is a small figurine of baby Jesus, which in the Mexican tradition symbolizes the biblical story of Mary and Joseph hiding the newborn Jesus by fleeing to Egypt to escape the slaughter of the innocents ordered by King Herod of Judaea. According to tradition, whoever receives the slice of cake containing the hidden item not only receives good luck for the rest of the year but is also responsible for hosting a tamale party on Día de la Candelaria (Candlemas), a religious feast that falls each year on February 2. Rosca de reyes is served only on Epiphany, and other Spanish-speaking countries have similar cakes and traditions. In Argentina, for example, the rosca de reyes is often topped with dollops of custard cream and may feature a baby figurine or other trinkets. In Switzerland and southern Germany, three kings cake is known as Dreikönigskuchen, which is made by arranging eight brioche-like cake rolls in a circle around a larger cake roll; when baked, this resembles a crown. Flavored with vanilla and lemon, the Swiss variety is topped with sugar and sliced almonds, while the German cake is studded with rum-soaked raisins or chocolate chips. The hidden object is either an almond or a bean, and the lucky recipient is treated as royalty for the day. Dreikönigskuchen is enjoyed throughout the Christmas season but is most commonly consumed on Epiphany. Banitsa, the Bulgarian version of the cake, is savory rather than sweet. It is made with phyllo (a papery thin, extremely flaky dough), eggs, sirene cheese (which is similar to feta), and yogurt. The phyllo is wrapped around the filling to form a rope, and then the rope is coiled around itself to make the shape of a circle. Inside the cake are small items, including good-luck charms, pieces of paper with printed fortunes, and dogwood branches that represent other fortunes such as health or longevity. Because of the number of items in the cake, every guest is guaranteed a “winning” slice. The cake is served on special occasions year-round, but it is especially enjoyed on Christmas and is the highlight of Bulgarian New Year’s Eve celebrations.
In Portugal the name for king cake is bolo-rei, a colorful, ring-shaped cake featuring flavors such as cherry, lemon, orange, tangerine, pumpkin, and fig. Bolo-rei is topped with candied fruit, raisins, and a variety of nuts, including almonds, walnuts, and pine nuts. Some versions of bolo-rei are also garnished with citrus fruit rind. The cake includes two hidden items: a charm and a bean. According to tradition, the person who finds the charm will have good luck for a year, and the person who finds the bean is responsible for purchasing next year’s cake. Bolo-rei is ubiquitous throughout the Christmas season in Portugal, from early November through January, but it is most often eaten between Christmas and Epiphany. The most elaborate versions of the cake are those made for Epiphany, when it is baked with a crown made of nougat (a confection of caramel and almonds). Laura Payne
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Specifically, we examined the preparation of wedding cakes and attempted to find episodes of gastrointestinal illness among employees.
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The poignant flavours turn out to be those of cakes and biscuits, the revelations concern clean laundry and darned collars.
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By-products such as stale bread, fancy cakes, biscuits and waffles widely vary in their nutrient composition.
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The time and hard labour that many village women devote to making dung cakes for fuel or fetching fodder and water for livestock are not acknowledged.
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The difference in these cakes, in their sweetmeats, and their elder wine, is that there is a dash of spice about them not ordinarily met with.
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She mimed the words ' icing sugar ' to her neighbour and, rather than saying the words out loud, she mimed the numbers as she pointed to and counted the cakes.
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The name tea also refers to a light meal taken in the afternoon between 4 and 5, usually consisting of sandwiches, scones and cakes taken with tea.
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cake noun
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A1 [ C or U ] a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar
蛋糕
Would you like a piece of/a slice of/some cake?
你想来块／片／些蛋糕吗？
chocolate/sponge cake
巧克力／海绵蛋糕
a birthday/Christmas cake
生日／圣诞蛋糕
cream cakes
奶油蛋糕
He made/baked a delicious cake.
他做／烤了个美味的蛋糕。
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pancake
More examplesFewer examplesHe cut the cake into six pieces and gave each child a slice.Is there any of that lemon cake left?Bake the cake in a hot oven, about 220°C, for 30 minutes."I adore chocolate cake, " said Susannah, smacking her lips.We were offered a selection of cakes and pastries with our tea.
cake noun
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[ C ] a small flat object made by pressing together a soft substance
饼状物
fish/potato cakes
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a cake of soap
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have your cake and eat it (too)
the slice/share of the cake
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to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out
（用会变干的东西厚厚地）覆盖;（使）结块;凝结
The men were caked in layers of filth and grime.
这些男人身上积了一层层污垢。
boots caked with mud
粘着泥块的靴子
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There have been cuts in the imports of meat, canned fish, fruit and vegetables, fresh fruits, cakes and confectionery.
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The book was published and sold like hot cakes.
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The question of oat cakes has been referred to.
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I know that many ladies go into those shops and regard those cakes as most tempting.
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The method of distribution of certain ingredients for cakes, pies and so on takes account of the seasonal influx of visitors.
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Specifically, we examined the preparation of wedding cakes and attempted to find episodes of gastrointestinal illness among employees.
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No restrictions are imposed on the freedom of farmers to purchase feeding cakes and meals as, and where they please, for their own use.
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She mimed the words ' icing sugar ' to her neighbour and, rather than saying the words out loud, she mimed the numbers as she pointed to and counted the cakes.
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Meaning of a piece of cake in English
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B2 something that is very easy to do: The exam was a piece of cake.
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easyeasyI can tell you how to do that - it's easy!simpleThe recipe is so simple - you just mix all the ingredients together.straightforwardIt seems like a fairly straightforward assignment.a piece of cakeMy last exam was a piece of cake.
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Easiness and simplicity
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infml something that is easy to do: For him, taking tests is a piece of cake.
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