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List of Cakes
A cake (/keɪk/; from Old Norse kaka) is a form of sweet food made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, that is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, and that share features with other desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies.
Related Terms
- Baking: The process of cooking by dry heat, especially in some kind of oven. It is probably the oldest cooking method.
- Dessert: A course that concludes a meal. The course usually consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine or liqueur.
List of Cakes
- Angel food cake: A type of cake that originated in the United States that is named because of its airy lightness that was said to be the "food of the angels".
- Battenberg cake: A light sponge cake with the pieces covered in jam. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when cut in cross section, displays a distinctive two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.
- Carrot cake: A cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. The carrot softens in the cooking process, and the cake usually has a soft, dense texture.
- Dundee cake: A traditional Scottish fruit cake with a rich flavour.
- Eccles cake: A small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with demerara sugar.
- Fruitcake: A cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on List of cakes
- Wikipedia's article - List of cakes
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