cakecake1 /keɪk/ ●●● noun 
1
[countable, uncountable] a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, sugar, and eggs: 
chocolate cake a birthday cake Do you want a piece of cake?2[countable] a small piece of something, made into a flat shape: a cake of soap3salmon/rice/potato etc. cake fish, rice, etc. that has been formed into a flat round shape and cooked4be a piece of cake informal to be very easy: We looked at the other team and thought, “piece of cake!”5take the cake informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine: Of all the stupid things you’ve done, this takes the cake!6have your cake and eat it too informal to have all the advantages of something without any of the disadvantages [Origin: 1100–1200 Old Norse kaka]
1 [countable, uncountable] a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, sugar, and eggs: chocolate cake a birthday cake Do you want a piece of cake?2[countable] a small piece of something, made into a flat shape: a cake of soap3salmon/rice/potato etc. cake fish, rice, etc. that has been formed into a flat round shape and cooked4be a piece of cake informal to be very easy: We looked at the other team and thought, “piece of cake!”5take the cake informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine: Of all the stupid things you’ve done, this takes the cake!6have your cake and eat it too informal to have all the advantages of something without any of the disadvantages [Origin: 1100–1200 Old Norse kaka]
