Cake

A cake is a form of food, usually sweet, often baked . Cakes normally combine some kind of flour, a sweetening agent (commonly sugar), a binding agent (generally egg, though gluten or starch are often used by vegetarians and vegans), shortening (usually butter or margarine, although a fruit puree can be substituted to avoid fats), a liquid (milk, water or fruit juice), flavours and some form of leavening agent (such as yeast or baking powder).

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Food - Baked - Flour - Sweetening agent - Sugar - Egg - Gluten - Starch - Vegetarian - Vegan - Shortening - Butter - Margarine - Fats - Milk - Water - Fruit juice - Flavours - Leavening agent - Yeast - Baking powder

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Cake is often the dessert of choice for meals at ceremonial occasions, particularly weddings or birthday parties. In some traditions the bride and bridegroom are the first to eat their wedding cake, often serving each other a piece in their fingers. For birthdays, a frosted (iced) cake, often with inscriptions in frosting and figural decorations, is covered with candles, which are blown out after the celebrant makes a wish.

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Wedding - Birthday - Bride - Bridegroom - Frost

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