layer cake

noun

chiefly US
: a cake made of more than one layer

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The resulting blasts pulverized the structure, and smashed the roof and floor of the four-story building next door like a fist punching layer cake. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 What Makes This Cake Special The Ingredient List There’s really no other layer cake like a Hummingbird Cake, even if it is often considered similar to carrot cake. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024 According to this idea, the human brain evolved in three layers—one for instincts and urges, one for emotion and one for rationality—arranged like a layer cake. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024 The ingredient shines in this impressive layer cake with the coconut sponge and coconut filling, and then finished with a light and airy whipped cream frosting. Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 14 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for layer cake 

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“Layer cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layer%20cake. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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