crumb cake
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2.0
- noun
- /krʌm keɪk/
- US
:
pastel de migas
- For dessert, we served a delicious crumb cake topped with sweet streusel.
- cinnamon crumb cake
- apple crumb cake
- eating crumb cake
Examples
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I enjoyed a slice of crumb cake with my coffee this morning.
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She brought a homemade crumb cake to the gathering, and everyone loved it.
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I got us a little extra crumb cake.
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Where is my crumb cake?
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Do you know how many crumb cakes I can get for that?
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I got 'em in the kitchen, I'm eating their crumb cake...
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Oh yeah, I'm eating her crumb cake.
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You're eating her crumb cake.
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And whenever there is a big family breakfast gathering, we buy Entenmann's crumb cake and sit around and drink coffee and chat.
Blog text (19) -
The crumb cake or Danish ring you pick up at Hillsdale Bakery and swing back and forth as you walk down the hill is proof you are visiting.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
850
1.0
A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
1
2.5
A sweet cake or bread often served with coffee
How Topped
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'crumb' (small fragments of pastry/bread) with 'cake' (a baked sweet); it denotes a cake featuring crumbly topping or pieces. This compound noun follows a common, literal composition pattern found across languages and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Crumb cake gets its name from the cake's top layer of loose, small pieces called crumbs, usually made from butter, sugar, and flour. Because the crumbs sit on the cake, the name now means 'a cake with a crumbly topping'.