Definition of cake

1 : A breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened

2 : A sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder)

3 : A flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried a fish cake

4 : A block of compacted or congealed matter a cake of ice

5 :A hard or brittle layer or deposit

6: Something easily done after so much studying, the test was cake