1. A sweet baked food made from (or based on) a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
   "They celebrated with a three-tiered birthday cake"
    
2. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
   "She preferred using a cake of soap rather than liquid soap";
   - bar
    
3. Small flat mass of chopped or ground food
   "He shaped the ground beef into cakes for the grill";
   - patty

1. Form a coat over
   "Dirt had caked her face";
   - coat

Derived forms: caking, caked, cakes

Type of: baked goods, block, cover, dish, spread over

Encyclopedia: Cake, Mike