How to Use cake in a Sentence

cake

1 of 2 noun

• I made three cakes for the party.
• He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
• The cake is made with all the guests in mind, and that costs a lot of time and money.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• The breakfast bar and the hot fudge cake likely come to mind.
  — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2024
• Remind them that once more might be the icing on the cake.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• The next year, colleagues took her out to lunch and brought a cake for her 101st birthday.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• Cool the cake: Allow the cake to cool completely, or for about 1 hour.
  — Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2024
• Keep it chunky and treat it like a chutney, or puree it to serve over cake or ice cream.
  — Matt Brooks, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Yes, that person has her cake and eats it, too, dozens of times over, in this film.
  — Willa Paskin, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• These days, the dress is custom, the cake is boutique, and even the napkins are bespoke.
  — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• Buy the KitchenAid or don't, but definitely make the cake.
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2023
• The princess cake takes its cues from the traditional domed Swedish torte.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• Kiler said his favorite parts of the fair are the cake auction and livestock sale.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• This gives the cookies plenty of time to soften so the cake can be sliced neatly.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 July 2023
• Some plates of cake were end pieces, while others were middle pieces.
  — Kimberly Cataudella Tutuska, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
• For the special, Hilton, 42, joins Lovato, 31, in the kitchen to make pet-friendly cakes for their dogs.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Add cake mix: Sprinkle the surface of the filling evenly with the yellow cake mix.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2024
• An image of the event showed the kingpin posing in front of what appears to be a birthday cake.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Trying to help, Tituba made the cake per the exact recipe, which called for urine to be combined with rye meal.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
• These foods include chips, snack cakes, and frozen pizza.
  — Anne Harding, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
• The fire kept going out, then being relit, a trick candle on a cake made of clouds.
  — Mary Jo Bang, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• The result is a soft, powdery flour that bakes up tender and fluffy in all kinds of cakes and cookies.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
• Try animal toasts Spread cream cheese on a slice of toasted bread or a rice cake.
  — Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
• Tempt your guests with a beautiful Easter cake display for the sweet treat ahead.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
• And don’t forget the coffee cake or Jewish apple cake for dessert.
  — Sofia Barrett, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
• The look calls to mind rich red velvet chocolate cakes and soft, plush velvet fabrics in one hit.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2023
• Crab Cake – An ample lump of fresh crab cake served with Cajun remoulade.
  — Jordyn Brown, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
• Though Venba’s idli maker differs from ours, the fluffy steamed rice cakes at the end of the level were a familiar sight.
  — Saniya Ahmed, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
• The two cut into the cake and found blue frosting, causing Patrick to erupt into a yell that got the attention of the whole restaurant.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
• Sample fair foods like funnel cake, corn dogs, crabcakes and more.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023

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cake

2 of 2 verb

• The mud had caked on his boots.
• Rum is used in place of the water to give this spice cake a kick.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
• Place the bombe, cake side down, on a large rimmed baking sheet.
  — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
• Mud was caked on the pavement where the vehicle was pulled from the ditch.
  — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• The wallpaper was peeling and cracks in the walls were caked with dirt.
  — Hannah Lucinda Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• The wind had sucked leaves from the trees, and a layer of mud was caked everywhere.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2019
• Transfer to a wire rack and let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes.
  — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• Her shoes, and even her braid, were caked with marble dust.
  — Elaine Sciolino, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• Place one layer, flat side up, on a plate or cake pedestal.
  — Ina Garten, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
• My boots were caked with heavy mud that would weigh me down and refused to come off.
  — Asli Pelit, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• In the morning, Rachel goes to the bridge to talk to Captain Lee about her issues with Francesca, cake aside.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
• White powder is caked on the goat’s nostrils in the shaky, dimly lit video.
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 16 Feb. 2018
• Cut cake into wedges and serve with a dab of creme fraiche, if desired.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2021
• Roads were littered with limbs and branches, and some were caked in mud.
  — WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• In the town, houses were caked in noxious mud and debris.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
• The black dust that caked Margaret Gordon’s Venetian blinds was the first bad omen.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• The flared exhaust pipes along the running boards were already caked in rust.
  — James F. Peltz, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• It was caked in mud and debris, had a couple of bent rims, and two of the tires were almost flat.
  — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 27 Feb. 2018
• The ghosts of those doubters are eating a large helping of crow — or perhaps cake.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• Javier Jaén The footprints are still there, the striped tread of Neil Armstrong’s boots, caked into dust.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2019
• Kole said Wednesday, from a driveway that was caked in mud.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2020
• Holding it by the hose end, gently move it around to remove mud and caked-on salt.
  — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2018
• Use a wire brush and a sanding sponge to remove flaking paint, rust, and caked-on dirt.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2019
• The hippo was missing one leg, lying on its side and caked in mud.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2018
• But at the Clayton Homes, some apartments were filled with water and floors caked in mud and sewage.
  — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
• The brown sauce caking the meat was flavorful but not enough so to disguise the dry and chewy pork.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2018
• Here, a children’s toy store with miniature plastic trucks on the shelves, now caked in dust.
  — TIME.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Who doesn’t love chocolate, more chocolate ... and cake!
  — cleveland, 3 Aug. 2020
• The storm wiped out the first floor of his home, destroying furniture and leaving mud caked on the floor.
  — NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Our team raved that the lipstick went on as smooth as butter and never dried, bled, or caked during hours of wear.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024