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==English==
[[Image:Sachertorte_DSC03027.JPG|thumb|right|A slice of cake (1), specifically a slice of a [[torte]].]]
[[File:Pound layer cake.jpg|right|thumb|A layer cake from which a slice has been removed.]]

===Etymology===
{{etymon|en|id=dessert|inh|enm>cake>dessert|tree=1}}
From {{inh|en|enm|cake}}, from {{der|en|non|kaka||cake}} (compare {{cog|no|kake}}, Icelandic/Swedish {{m|sv|kaka}}, Danish {{m|da|kage}}), from {{der|en|gem-pro|*kakǭ}}, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with {{m|en|kaak}}. Perhaps related to {{m|en|cookie}}, {{m|en|kuchen}}, and {{m|en|quiche}}. {{doublet|en|coca}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|kāk}}, {{IPA|en|/keɪk/|[ˈk̟ʰeɪ̯k̚]}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-cake.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-cake.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪk|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|Q13276}}A [[rich]], [[sweet]] dessert [[food]], typically made of [[flour]], [[sugar]]{{,}} and [[eggs]] and baked in an [[oven]], and often covered in [[icing]].<!--encyclopedic info, and definitions of other words! A [[gâteau]] or sponge cake includes a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy. The denser [[torte]] omits the leavening agent, and uses less flour and more eggs.-->
#: {{syn|en|gateau}}
# A small mass of baked [[dough]], especially a thin [[loaf]] from [[unleavened]] dough.
#: {{co|en|an oatmeal '''cake'''}}
#: {{co|en|a johnny'''cake'''}}
# A thin [[wafer]]-shaped mass of fried [[batter]]; a [[griddlecake]] or [[pancake]].
#: {{co|en|buckwheat '''cakes'''}}
# A [[block]] of any various [[dense]] materials.
#: {{syn|en|block}}
#: {{co|en|a '''cake''' of soap}}
#: {{co|en|a '''cake''' of sand}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Georgics|1|passage='''Cakes''' of rustling ice come rolling down the flood.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[trivial]]ly easy [[task]] or [[responsibility]]; from '''a [[piece of cake]]'''.
#: {{syn|en|piece of cake|Thesaurus:easy thing}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} [[money|Money]].
# {{n-g|Used to describe the doctrine of [[have one's cake and eat it too|having one's '''cake''' and eating it too]].}}
#* '''2018''', The Guardian, "UK's aspirations for post-Brexit trade deal an illusion, says Donald Tusk",  Daniel Boffey, Peter Walker, Jennifer Rankin, and Heather Stewart, 23 February 2018
#*: "It looks like the '''cake''' [and eat it] philosophy is still alive." Quote attributed to [[wikipedia:Donald Tusk|Donald Tusk]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[buttock]], especially one that is exceptionally [[plump]].
#: {{ux|en|Mmm, I'd like to cut me some of that '''cake'''!}}
# {{lb|en|pyrotechnics}} A [[multi-]][[shot]] [[fireworks]] [[assembly]] comprising several [[tube]]s, each with a fireworks [[effect]], lit by a single [[fuse]].

====Usage notes====
{{U:en:biscuits and cookies}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en| Alabama Lane cake|angel's food cake|angel's-food cake|angel-food cake|bride-cake|cake lifter|cake ring|chess cake|chimney cake|devil's-food cake|fern cake|frosting on the cake|green-tea cake|groom's cake|hot milk cake|hot-milk cake|illusion cake|Japanese cake|jonny cake|layer-cake federalism|Lord Baltimore cake|marble-cake federalism|oyster cake|pop-out cake|rape cake|red-velvet cake|Savoy cake|tea-cake|wastel cake
|ague-cake|barmcake|breadcake|cakeage|cakebaker|cakebox|cakecrumb|cakeful|cakehouse|cakeism|cakeist|cakeless|cakelike|cakemaker|cakemaking|cakeman|cakepan|caker|cakery|cakeshop|cakesicle|cakestand|cakette|cakewoman|clapcake|corncake|crumb cake|fuckcake|honeycake|meatcake|mooncake|nubcake|pake|piecake|piecaken|plumcake|potcake|poundcake|soycake|tharcake|uncake|banana cake|cake mold|crumb cake|dairy cake|epiphany cake|placenta cake|Brooklyn Blackout cake|doberge cake
|angel cake
|angel food cake
|ash-cake
|ashcake
|baked in the cake
|Banbury cake
|barm cake
|bastable cake
|Battenberg cake
|batter-cake
|battercake
|[[beancake]], [[bean-cake]], [[bean cake]]
|beefcake
|birthday cake
|bridecake
|Brooklyn blackout cake
|bundt cake
|cake bar
|cake-bread
|cake-eater
|cake-fumbler
|cakehole
|cake-house
|cakelet
|cake-meal
|cake mix
|cake saffron
|cake slice
|cake tin
|cake-urchin|ash-heap-cake|cakes and ale
|cakes and cheese
|cakewalk
|cakewalker
|cakewards
|caking
|caky
|carcake
|carrot cake
|cattle-cake
|cheesecake
|cherry cake
|chocolate cake
|chocolate fudge cake
|chocolate sponge cake
|Christmas cake
|coffee cake
|coffeecake
|corn-cake
|cotton-cake
|cream cake
|cupcake
|devil's food cake
|Dundee cake
|Eccles cake
|every cake has its fellow
|every cake has its make
|every cake has its mate
|Fanta cake
|fairy cake
|fish cake
|fishcake
|flannel cake
|flat cake
|friedcake
|fruitcake
|fudge cake
|go like hot cakes
|griddle-cake
|have one's cake and eat it too
|haver-cake
|heart-cake
|hoecake
|icing on the cake
|Johnny cake
|johnny cake
|journey-cake
|[[King Alfred's cake]] ({{taxlink|Daldinia concentrica|species}})
|king cake
|knead-cake
|Land of Cakes
|lardy cake
|layer cake
|linseed cake
|mangia-cake
|Madeira cake
|marble cake
|national cake
|neem cake
|nutcake
|oatcake
|oilcake
|one's cake is dough
|pancake
|parliament-cake
|pat-a-cake
|patty-cake
|piece of cake
|plum-cake
|pomfret-cake
|Pontefract cake
|pop out cake
|pound cake
|queen cake
|rape-cake
|rice cake
|rock cake
|rose-cake
|rout-cake
|saffron cake
|salt-cake
|seed-cake
|seedcake
|sell like hot cakes
|Shawnee cake
|sheet cake
|shortcake
|simnel cake
|singing cake
|soul-cake
|spice-cake
|sponge cake
|take the cake
|teacake
|tharf-cake
|the cake is a lie
|tipsy cake
|Twelfth-cake
|Twelfth-night cake
|upside-down cake
|Victorian sponge cake
|wedding cake
|yellowcake
|7 Up cake|apple cake|applesauce cake|ash cake|black cake|Black Forest cake|Black Joe cake|blackout cake|bread cake|bubble cake|buckwheat cake|butterfly cake|cake and wine|cake ball|cake boy|cake crumbs|cake fork|cake number|cake plate|cake pop|cake server|cake shop|cake smash|cake urchin|cake walk|cake-pop|cake-slice|cake-walk|cattle cake|cherry on the cake|chiffon cake|Chorley cake|ciba cake|clam cake|coffee and cake|crab cake|crazy cake|crum cake|cut cake|dead cake|deadcake|Depression cake|desert fruit cake|diaper cake|dirt cake|Doberge cake|Dolly Varden cake|donut cake|dripping cake|drop cake|drop-cake|dumb cake|dump cake|easy as cake|eat one's cake and have it too|fair cake-cutting|filter cake|fish-cake|fruit cake|fruit-cake|funnel cake|Genoa cake|German chocolate cake|gooey butter cake|grater cake|green tea cake|griddle cake|guess cake|gur cake|have one's cake and eat it|heavy cake|hevva cake|hot cake|icebox cake|Jaffa cake|jelly cake|Kendal mint cake|Kiev cake|king's cake|kings' cake|kitchen cake|kokosh cake|Lady Baltimore cake|Lane cake|lava cake|layer cake federalism|layer-cake|maids of honour cake|mangia cake|marble cake federalism|matrimonial cake|molten lava cake|moon cake|moon-cake|mothering-cake|mud cake|mug cake|nutty as a fruit cake|oatmeal cake|oil cake|oilseed cake|opera cake|parliament cake|patty cake|pea cake|pea-cake|pinch cake|pineapple cake|pomfret cake|poor man's cake|potato cake|press cake|princess cake|prize cake|queen's cake|queen-cake|radish cake|raindrop cake|rat cake|red velvet cake|ring-cake|rout cake|rum cake|salt cake|sandwich cake|scripture cake|seblet cake|seed cake|seven-layer cake|shear-cake|sheath cake|Shrewsbury cake|Shrove-cake|slab cake|slice of the cake|smash cake|Smith Island cake|soul cake|space cake|spit cake|stottie cake|stotty cake|stripper cake|suet cake|sugee cake|sweetheart cake|taro cake|tattie cake|tatty cake|three kings' cake|three-milk cake|tough-cake|Tunis cake|turnip cake|Twelfth cake|twelfth day cake|urinal cake|wacky cake|war cake|wedding-cake|Welsh cake|wine cake|yam cake|yellow cake|Yule cake|zebra cake}}

====Descendants====
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* {{desc|tpi|kek}}
* {{desc|sq|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ar|كَيْك|bor=1}}
* {{desc|as|কে’ক|bor=1}}
* {{desc|aot|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bn|কেক|bor=1}}
* {{desc|my|ကိတ်မုန့်|bor=1|der=1}}
* {{desc|yue|𠽤|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ceb|keyk|bor=1}}
* {{desc|dv|ކޭކު|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nl|kaak|bor=1}} {{qualifier|spelling pronunciation}}, {{l|nl|cake}} (also {{l|nl|keek}}, older also {{l|nl|kaaks}}, {{l|nl|keeks}})
* {{desc|fj|keke|bor=1}}
* {{desc|hif|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|fr|cake|bor=1}}
* {{desc|el|κέικ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gu|કેક|bor=1}}
* {{desc|afb|كيكة|tr=kēka|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ha|kyât|bor=1}}
* {{desc|acw|كيكة|tr=kēka|bor=1}}
* {{desc|hi|केक|bor=1}}
* {{desc|iba|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|id|keik|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|ケーキ|tr=kēki|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|케익|케이크|bor=1}}
* {{desc|lo|ເຄັກ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mzs|queique|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ms|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ml|കേക്ക്|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mi|keke|bor=1}}
* {{desc|na|keik|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fa|کِیک//کیک|tr=keyk/kêk|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|queque|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ro|chec|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ru|кек|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|queique|queque|keke|;|cake|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sw|keki|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ss|líkhékhe|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tl|keyk|keik|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|th|เค้ก|bor=1}}
* {{desc|to|keke|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tr|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ur|کیک|bor=1}}
* {{desc|vo|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|xh|íkéki|ikeyiki|bor=1}}
* {{desc|yo|kéèkì|bor=1}}
* {{desc|zza|kek|bor=1}}
* {{desc|zu|îkhékhe|bor=1}}
{{bottom}}

From the plural ''cakes'':
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* {{desctree|da|kiks|{{q|older}} [[keks]]|noalts=1|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|de|Keks|{{q|obsolete}} [[Cakes]]|noalts=1|bor=1}}
* {{desc|el|κέικς|bor=1}}
* {{desc|no|-|bor=1}}
*: Bokmål: {{l|nb|kjeks}}
*: Nynorsk: {{l|nn|kjeks}}
* {{desctree|sv|kex|bor=1}}
{{bottom}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|type of sweet dessert}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|аторт|sc=Cyrl}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|торт}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|koek}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|tortë|f}}, {{t|sq|kek}}
* Aleut: {{t|ale|kiikax̂}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ኬከ|sc=Ethi}}
* Antillean Creole: {{t|gcf|bonbon}}
* Apache:
*: Western Apache: {{t|apw|báń łikane}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كَعْكَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|جتوه|m-p|tr=gatō|sc=Arab}}, {{t|arz|كيكة|f|tr=kēka|sc=Arab}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|كيك|m|tr=kēk}} {{qualifier|collective}}, {{t|afb|كيكة|f|tr=kēka|sc=Arab}} {{qualifier|singulative}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|كيكة|f|tr=kēka|sc=Arab}}, {{t|acw|كيك|m-p|tr=kēk|sc=Arab}}
*: North Levantine Arabic: {{t|apc|كاتو|f|tr=gātō|sc=Arab}}, {{t|apc|كيك|m-p|tr=kēk|sc=Arab}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|cocca|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տորթ|sc=Armn}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|keadin}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|পিঠা}}, {{t|as|কে’ক}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|pastel|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|tort}}, {{t|az|keks}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|торт|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|pastela}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|торт|m|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|large}}, {{t|be|піро́жнае|n|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|পিঠা||sc=Beng}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|gwastell|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|то́рта|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကိတ်မုန့်|sc=Mymr}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|торта|f}}, {{t|rue|бухта|f}}, {{t|rue|колач}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pastís|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|keyk}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|мерза хьокхум}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|[[ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ]]}}
* Cheyenne: {{t|chy|vé'keahonoo'o}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|蛋糕|tr=daan6 gou1}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|雞卵糕|tr=ke-nn̄g-ko / kue-nn̄g-ko}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|蛋糕|tr=dàngāo}}
* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|tlaxcalli}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|pastadolce}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dort|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kage|c}}, {{t+|da|lagkage}}
* Dongxiang: {{t|sce|dangao}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|taart|f}} {{qualifier|more elaborate, with cream or fruit}}, {{t+|nl|cake|m}} {{qualifier|more sober}}, {{t+|nl|gebak|n}}, {{t+|nl|koek|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kuko}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|kook}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|køka|f}}, {{t|fo|kaka|f}}
* Fijian: {{t|fj|keke}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kakku}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gâteau|m}} {{qualifier|large cake served in slices, or a small, individual cake}}, {{t+|fr|pâtisserie|f}} {{qualifier|small, individual cake}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|torte}}, {{t|fur|colaç|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|pastel|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ტორტი|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|ნამცხვარი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kuchen|m}}, {{t+|de|Torte|f}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Chueche|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τούρτα|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|κέικ|n|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πέμμα}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|[[mbujape]] [[he'ẽ]]}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|કેક|f|sc=Gujr}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|עוּגָה|f|tr=uga|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|केक|f|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|torta}}, {{t+|hu|sütemény}}, {{t+|hu|tészta}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|kaka|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|kuko}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kue}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|torta}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|císte|m}}, {{t|ga|cáca milis|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|torta|f}} {{qualifier|large cake served in slices}}, {{t+|it|pasticcino|m}} {{qualifier|small, individual cake}}, {{t+|it|dolce|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ケーキ|tr=kēki}}
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಕೇಕ್|sc=Knda}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|торт|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|тәтті нан|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|балкүлше}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|នំបារាំង}}, {{t+|km|នំ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|과자(菓子)}}, {{t+|ko|케이크}}, {{t|ko|케잌}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|کێک}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|торт|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ky|пирожное|sc=Cyrl}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເຄັກ}}, {{t|lo|ຂະໜົມເຄັກ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|placenta|f}}, {{t|la|lībum|n}}, {{t|la|mustāceus|m}} {{qualifier|wedding}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kūka|f}}, {{t|lv|torte|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pyragaitis|m}}, {{t|lt|pyragas|m}}, {{t|lt|tortas|m}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|ekeki}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Kuch|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|торта|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|колач|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|mofomamy}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kek}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കേക്ക്|sc=Mlym}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|kejk|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|keke}}
* Mapudungun: {{t|arn|[[kochü]] [[kofke]]}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|केक|m|sc=Deva}}
* Mirandese: {{t|mwl|bolho|m}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|бялуу|sc=Cyrl}} {{qual|official}}, {{t+|mn|торт}} {{qual|popular}}, {{t+|mn|кекс}} {{qual|popular}}, {{t+|mn|боорцог}} {{qual|China}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠪᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ}}, {{t|mn|ᠲᠣᠣᠷᠲᠣ}}, {{t|mn|ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠷᠰᠣᠭ}}
* Nauruan: {{t+|na|keik}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|bááh łikaní}}, {{t|nv|masdéél}}, {{t|nv|basdéél}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|no|kake|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|còca|f}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|kaka}}
* Old Prussian: {{t|prg|lugis}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|کېک|tr=cake|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کیک|tr=keyk}}, {{t|fa|کوکه|tr=kuke}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ciasto|n}}, {{t+|pl|ciastko|n}}, {{t+|pl|tort|m}}, {{t+|pl|ciasteczko|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bolo|m}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਕੇਕ|m}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|peqachu}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tort}}, {{t+|ro|prăjitură|f}}, {{t+|ro|turtă|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|petta|f}} {{qualifier|Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader}}, {{t|rm|peta|f}} {{qualifier|Sutsilvan}}, {{t|rm|turta|f}} {{qualifier|Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran}}, {{t|rm|tuorta|f}} {{qualifier|Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|торт|m}} {{qualifier|large cake served in slices}}, {{t+|ru|пиро́жное|n}} {{qualifier|small, individual cake}}, {{t+|ru|кекс|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|breacag|f}}, {{t|gd|aran milis|m}}, {{t|gd|bonnach|m}}, {{t|gd|bannag|f}}, {{t|gd|cèic|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|колач|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|kolač|m|sc=Latn}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|කේක්|sc=Sinh}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|torta|f}}, {{t+|sk|koláč|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|torta|f}}, {{t+|sl|koláč|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bizcocho|m}} {{qualifier||birthday or wedding cake|Dominican Republic|Puerto Rico}}, {{t+|es|cake|m}} {{qualifier|Cuba, Panama}}, {{t+|es|pastel|m}} {{qualifier|Northeastern Spain|Mexico|El Salvador|Guatemala|Honduras}}, {{t+|es|ponqué|m}} {{qualifier|Colombia}}, {{t|es|pudín|m}} {{qualifier|Colombian Atlantic Coast}}, {{t+|es|queque|m}} {{qualifier|Costa Rica|Nicaragua - in Chile: an unlayered cake}}, {{t+|es|tarta|f}} {{qualifier|Spain standard usage}}, {{t+|es|torta|f}} {{qualifier|Argentina|Bolivia|Ecuador|Peru|Uruguay|Venezuela - in Chile: a layer cake}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|kuku}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|keki}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tårta|c}}, {{t+|sv|kaka|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|keyk}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|кекс|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|tg|торт|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|tg|пирожное|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|tg|пирожнӣ|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|கேக்|sc=Taml}}
* Taos: {{t|twf|kèkeʼéna}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|кекс|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|tt|торт|sc=Cyrl}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కేక్|sc=Telu}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เค้ก}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kek}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|tort}}, {{t|tk|pirog}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|торт|m|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|large}}, {{t|uk|ті́стечко|n|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|small}}, {{t+|uk|кекс|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|uk|пиро́жне|n|sc=Cyrl}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کیک|f|tr=kēk|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تورت}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|tort}}, {{t+|uz|kunjara}}, {{t+|uz|keks}}, {{t+|uz|pirojniy}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bánh}}, {{t|vi|bánh ga tô}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|kek}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|wastea}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|teisen|f}}, {{t+|cy|cacen}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קוכן|m|sc=Hebr}}
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{{trans-top|small mass of baked dough}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|keksi}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cáca|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|keke}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|koláč}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kaka|c}}
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{{trans-top|thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pannukakku}}, {{t+|fi|lätty}} {{q|soft}}; {{t+|fi|keksi}} {{q|solid}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cáca|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|блин|m}}, {{t+|ru|лепёшка|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|palacinka}}
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{{trans-top|block of dense material}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|калъп|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|塊狀物|tr=kuài zhuàng wù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|deska|f}}, {{t+|cs|blok|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|stykke}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stuk|n}}, {{t+|nl|blok|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|briko}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kakku}}, {{t+|fi|kimpale}}, {{t+|fi|pala}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stück|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|darab}}, {{t+|hu|tábla}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|stykki|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|bloc|m}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|block|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pēpē}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|stykke|m}}
* Portuguese: {{qualifier|of soap}} {{t+|pt|sabonete|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|bucată|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пли́тка|f}} {{qualifier|rectangular}}, {{t+|ru|лепёшка|f}} {{qualifier|flat and round}}, {{t+|ru|кусо́к|m}} {{qualifier|of soap}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|blok}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kaka}}
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{{trans-see|trivially easy task or responsibility|piece of cake}}

{{trans-top-also|slang: money|money}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hillo}}
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{{trans-top|used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kakku}}
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{{trans-top|slang: buttock, especially a plump one}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kankku}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|multi-shot fireworks assembly}}
* French: {{t|fr|batterie d'artifice|f}},  {{t|fr|batterie de feu d'artifice|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Feuerwerksbatterie|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|gwastell|f}}, {{t-check|br|gwastelloù|p}}, {{t+check|br|gwestell|p}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|עוגה|f|tr=uga|sc=Hebr}}
* Indonesian: {{t-check|id|kue tart}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* [[:Category:Cakes and pastries]]
{{attention|en|Sort out hypernyms and hyponyms}}
<!--Types of cake without “cake” in their name (e.g., “brownie”); similar foods (e.g., “biscuit”); hyperonyms (e.g., “dessert”)-->
{{rel-top3|See also}}
* {{l|en|biscuit}}
* {{l|en|Black Forest gâteau}}
* {{l|en|brownie}}
* {{l|en|bun}}
* {{l|en|cruller}}
* {{l|en|crumpet}}
* {{l|en|dessert}}
* {{l|en|donut}}
* {{l|en|doughnut}}
* {{l|en|éclair}}
* {{l|en|flapjack}}
* {{l|en|frangipane}}
* {{l|en|gâteau}}
* {{l|en|gugelhupf}}
* {{l|en|jumbal}}
* {{l|en|koeksister}}
* {{l|en|kruller}}
* {{l|en|kuchen}}<!--this is used in English-->
* {{l|en|kugelhopf}}
* {{l|en|kugelhupf}}
* {{l|en|ladyfinger}}
* {{l|en|lamington}}
* {{l|en|Linzertorte}}
* {{l|en|madeleine}}
* {{l|en|muffin}}
* {{l|en|parkin}}
* {{l|en|pastry}}
* {{l|en|patisserie}}
* {{l|en|petit four}}
* {{l|en|pie}}
* {{l|en|pikelet}}
* {{l|en|pudding}}
* {{l|en|rum baba}}
* {{l|en|Sally Lunn}}
* {{l|en|scone}}
* {{l|en|sponge}}
* {{l|en|Swiss roll}}
* {{l|en|tart}}
* {{l|en|torte}}
* {{l|en|Victoria sponge}}
* {{l|en|yumyum}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} [[coat|Coat]] (something) with a [[crust]] of solid material.
#: {{syn|en|crust|encrust}}
#: {{ux|en|His shoes are '''caked''' with mud.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To form into a cake, or mass.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.
#* {{RQ:Haggard She|passage=Once we fell asleep, and, I think, must have slept for some hours, for, when we woke, our limbs were quite stiff, and the blood from our blows and scratches had '''caked''', and was hard and dry upon our skin.}}

====Derived terms====
* [[anticaking]]
*[[cake up]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to coat with a crust}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|спичам се|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|втвърдявам се|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bedekken}}, {{t+|nl|vastkoeken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuorruttaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|verkrusten}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rászárad}}, {{t+|hu|bevon}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|закоравен|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|incrustar}}
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{{trans-top|to form into a cake or mass}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paakkuuntua}} {{q|intransitive}}, {{t|fi|paakkuunnuttaa}} {{q|transitive}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megkövül}}, {{t+|hu|megkeményedik}}, {{t+|hu|összeáll}}, {{t+|hu|megszárad}}, {{t+|hu|megalvad}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to dry out and become hard}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|calc}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:commons}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acek|ecka|akçe|EAKC|ace K}}

{{C|en|Desserts}}

==Ambonese Malay==

===Etymology===
{{unknown|abs}}.

===Verb===
{{head|abs|verb}}

# {{lb|abs|said in anger}} to {{l|en|eat}}
#: {{syn|abs|makang}}
#: {{ux|abs|Kalu ale su '''cake''' jang bicara lai!|Do not speak when you''''re eating'''!|inline=1}}

===References===
* {{R:abs:Takaria; Pieter:1998}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|en|cake}}. {{doublet|nl|kaak}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/keːk/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-cake.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|cake}}
* {{rhymes|nl|eːk}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-s|-je}}

# [[pound cake]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|arretjescake}}
* {{l|nl|boerencake}}
* {{l|nl|cakeblik}}
* {{l|nl|cakevorm}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|cupcake}}

==Fijian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*sake||}} (compare with {{cog|mi|eke}}, {{cog|sm|eʻe}}, {{cog|to|heka}}), from {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*sakay||to ride on something}} (compare with {{cog|ilo|sakáy|t=to ride, to mound}} and {{cog|tl|sakáy|t=passenger, load}}).

===Adverb===
{{head|fj|adverb}}

# [[up]]

===References===
* {{cite-book|entry=cake|title=Fijian-English Dictionary|first=Ronald|last=Gatty|year=2009|publisher=Ronald Gatty|location=Suva, Fiji|page=39|ISBN=978-982-98047-1-6}}
* {{R:Pollex|heke}}

==French==
[[Image:Cake au jambon.jpg|thumb|Un cake au [[jambon]].]]

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|cake}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|kèk}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Penegal-cake.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[fruitcake]] (''containing rum'')
# quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert)

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|tronche de cake}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|el|κεκ|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|kake|caake|cayk}}

===Etymology===
{{etymon|enm|id=dessert|bor|non>kaka>dessert}}
From {{bor|enm|non|kaka}}, from {{der|enm|gem-pro|*kakǭ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈkaːk(ə)/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|cakes}}

# A {{l|en|cake}} {{gloss|any sort of flat doughy food}}:
## {{lb|enm|medicine}} A cake prepared to cure [[disease]] or [[illness]].
## {{lb|enm|Christianity|rare}} A [[communion wafer]].
# {{lb|enm|rare}} A [[lump]], [[boil]], or [[ball]].

====Derived terms====
* {{l|enm|pancake}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|cake}} {{see desc}}
* {{desc|en-geo|kyek}}
* {{desc|sco|cake}}
* {{desc|yol|caake|alts=1}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=cāke|pos=n|id=MED6489 |accessdate=2018-07-05}}

{{C|enm|Cakes and pastries}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|es|en|cake}}, from {{der|es|enm|cake}}, from {{der|es|non|kaka}}. {{doublet|es|queque}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|keic}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|cake}}; [[fruitcake]]

====Usage notes====
{{es-unadapted}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es
|cheesecake
|cupcake
|hotcake
|mugcake
|pancake
}}

==Tocharian B==

===Etymology===
From {{der|txb|ine-pro|*tékʷ-os|*ték(ʷ)os}}.

===Noun===
{{txb-noun||?}}

# [[river]]

====References====
* {{R:txb:Adams}}

{{C|txb|Landforms|Water}}