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| bakery |
a store in which baked goods, such as bread, cake, and pastry, are made or sold. |
| batter2 |
a thick mixture of liquid, flour, eggs, and other ingredients, often baked into bread or cake. |
| biscuit |
the British word for a small, thin, sweet cake baked from stiff dough. "Biscuit" often has the same meaning as "cookie." [2/3 definitions] |
| brownie |
a small square of chocolate cake that is rich and chewy. [1/3 definitions] |
| cookie |
a small, sweet, flat or ball-shaped cake baked from stiff dough. |
| cupcake |
a little cake for one person. Cupcakes are baked in a mold that has the size and shape of a cup. |
| cylinder |
a solid figure with a shape similar to that of a can, a round flat cake, or a round tube with closed ends. A cylinder has parallel circular faces joined by one curved face. |
| doughnut |
a small, sweet cake shaped like a ring, that has been fried in deep fat. |
| flapjack |
a flat cake made of batter and cooked in a pan; pancake. |
| frost |
to put frosting on a cake or other baked goods; ice. [1/5 definitions] |
| gingerbread |
a type of cake or cookie flavored with ginger and molasses. |
| loaf1 |
a mass of bread or cake baked in one piece. [1/2 definitions] |
| muffin |
a small roll that is similar to a cake but usually less sweet. Muffins are usually shaped like a cupcake and often contain nuts or bits of fruit. Muffins are a single serving and are often eaten warm or toasted. |
| pancake |
a flat round cake of batter fried on both sides in a frying pan or a griddle. |
| past tense |
a form of a verb that shows that something happened in the past or that a condition existed in the past. In the sentence, "We baked a cake," "baked" is in the past tense. |
| patty |
a small, flat, round cake of ground meat or other food. [2 definitions] |
| tea |
the British word for a light afternoon meal of tea and sandwiches, cake, or biscuits. [1/5 definitions] |
| waffle1 |
a flat cake cooked in a device that leaves a pattern of squares on the cake. |
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