蛋糕 — meaning in English

dàn gāo

English meaning

cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
jackpot noun A large cash prize, especially in gambling, that grows until someone wins it.
pie noun A baked dish with a pastry crust and a filling, sweet or savoury.
tart adj Having a sharp, sour taste.

蛋糕 is used for these senses in English:

cake A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
cuff on the ear A box on the ear; a painful smack on the side of the head.
galette A type of flat, round cake from France.
gateau (mostly, UK) A rich, usually iced, cake.
jackpot A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
pie A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
pie (transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
sponge cake A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to that of a sea sponge.