chiffon cake
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2.8
- noun
- /ʃɪˈfɒn keɪk/
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pastel chiffon
You know, if you make a lemon chiffon cake that has even a little bit of poop in it, I got some bad news for you.
- You know, if you make a lemon chiffon cake that has even a little bit of poop in it, I got some bad news for you.
Examples
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My personal favorite is the guava chiffon cake, which is easy to get in Hawaii at any Zippy's, but takes a bit of time to make at home.
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It's particularly good for chiffon cakes of the kind that require you to beat the batter for a full eight minutes or so; holding the hand mixer in place for that long gets tiring pretty quickly.
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The lemon chiffon cake was so light and fluffy that it melted in my mouth.
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For dessert, she served a delicious chiffon cake topped with fresh strawberries.
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I found a great recipe for chocolate chiffon cake that I'm excited to try this weekend.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
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1.8
A light, airy cake that uses eggs, flour and sugar without butter or oil
How Light
- US
3
2.9
1
2.8
7
1.8
- US
5
1.0
8
1.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
chiffon + cake
The phrase is a modifier + noun: if a learner knows 'chiffon' (commonly a lightweight, airy fabric) and 'cake', they can infer a 'chiffon cake' is a cake with a very light, airy texture. This compositional pattern is regular (modifier indicating texture/quality of the noun) and the loanword 'chiffon' carries similar light/airy senses cross-linguistically, making the meaning predictable to learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Chiffon cake was named after the light fabric chiffon, because the cake is soft and airy like the cloth. That's why chiffon cake means 'very light' and 'fluffy'.