ice-cream cake
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- noun
- /ˈaɪsˌkrim keɪk/
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pastel de helado
- She surprised everyone by bringing a homemade ice-cream cake that was both creamy and sweet.
- chocolate ice-cream cake
- peppermint ice-cream cake
- eat ice-cream cake
Do you know anything about ice cream cakes?
- Do you know anything about ice cream cakes?
- I like chocolate cake and I like ice cream cake.
Examples
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If it's your birthday, check out the Four Foot Tall Ice Cream Cake at Barton G and let us know in the comments.
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For my birthday, I ordered a delicious ice-cream cake with layers of chocolate and vanilla.
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We discovered that they even had an ice cream cake made for us the night before and somehow forgot to put it out.
Blog text (15) -
Instead, we're gonna have an end-of-the-year party with a great big ice cream cake.
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We had an ice cream cake and subs delivered.
Fiction book (2000) -
I would make you an ice cream cake of chocolate and vanilla.
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Got me that chocolate chip ice cream cake, from Robinson's, with a cherry on top.
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So for this ice cream cake challenge, I wanted to bring to you a life-size Snickers ice cream bar cake.
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Miss Crabtree, I've got your ice cream cake.
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At the party, we served a big ice-cream cake decorated with colorful sprinkles.
Synonyms
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A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
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A cold sweet treat made from milk or cream in different flavors
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A sweet cold food made by freezing milk or fruit
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A chilled dessert with layers of cookies and whipped cream
How Elaborate
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Surface Forms
Morphology
ice-cream + cake
The noun is directly compositional: combining 'ice-cream' (frozen sweet dairy dessert) with 'cake' (a sweet baked confection) yields a cake made of ice cream, which a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer. This straightforward compound follows common noun‑noun composition patterns found across languages, so the meaning is transparent.
Etymology
Ice-cream cake comes from joining ice-cream and cake: people began making frozen desserts in the shape of a birthday 'cake' so they could serve a cold, creamy treat at parties, and that's why it means 'a cake made of ice cream'.