white cake
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- noun
- /waɪt keɪk/
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pastel blanco
- After baking the white cake, let it cool before icing it with buttercream.
- white cake mix
- make white cake
Examples
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Again, you can use any white cake recipe you want; this is just how I do it.
Blog text (22) -
Margot had made a turkey with stuffing, a noodle kugel, and a white cake topped with coconut that looked like the snow outside.
Fiction book (2000) -
Everyone had come to eat the white cake with the little silver balls on top.
Fiction book (1990) -
I made my own white cake but used the rainbow cake idea, and it's so much fun.
Blog text (22) -
We're going to make her a basic white cake, Super moist.
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I used a white cake box mix and added red food coloring to get a nice pink.
Blog text (15) -
I made this for my kids today using regular recipe white cake mix (eggs, oil, water) and it is delicious!
Blog text (22) -
White cake with raspberry filling and the doves being released.
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Mrs. Everett picked up Davis's sword, a tradition, and cut through the white cake, decorated in blue and red.
Fiction book (2002) -
The receptionist and Dr. Greta Rankin glided into the waiting room, as if being trollied, Dr. Rankin holding a white cake with glowing candles.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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A very light cake made only from egg whites, flour, and sugar
How Light
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'white' (pale-colored) modifying 'cake', so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a pale-colored or light cake. This compositional pattern is common across languages and involves no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, making the meaning directly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
White cake comes from how the cake looks and is made: bakers use egg whites only, with no yolks, so the white keeps the cake pale. That's why white cake means a pale cake made without egg yolks.