cakey
- adjective
- /ˈkeɪki/
- One thing is they can get a little bit cakey underneath your eye area.
- look cakey
- cakey powder
The batter has a very cakey taste to it.
- The batter has a very cakey taste to it.
- And I find that it doesn't get cakey.
- How do you avoid cakey makeup?
Examples
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During the entire tour of the orchard, all I could think about were the cakey apple cider doughnuts being made fresh up at their roadside stand.
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She realized her concealer had become cakey, so she blended it out for a smoother look.
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I feel like it looks a little bit kind of cakey, especially around my chin.
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How do you avoid cakey makeup?
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But it does not look dry or cakey whatsoever.
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Like it's not heavy, it doesn't look dry and cakey, and it's giving me really nice cover.
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Again, more matte than most products of this kind, but it's not like a dry, cakey looking finish.
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The texture is cakey and terrifically moist, and worth every ounce of effort you put in.
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I've been looking for a recipe like this forever, but most of the ones I've tried turn out cakey, and I'm not usually a fan of cakey cookies.
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It definitely doesn't look as cakey as I've seen other powders look.
Synonyms
A little lacking juice or sweetness, used in food and drink
A dry, powdery feel like flour that comes from a lot of starch
Something that is soft, dry and powdery like flour
How Cakey
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cakey comes from the simple word cake plus the ending -y, where -y means 'like' or 'full of'. So, something called cakey is 'like a cake' in texture — often thick, dry, or crumbly — which is why we use it for heavy makeup or brownies that are not moist.