Torte — meaning in English

English meaning

• cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
• gateau noun A rich cake, usually covered with icing or filled with cream or fruit.
• pie noun A baked dish with a pastry crust and a filling, sweet or savory.
• torte noun A heavy, rich cake made with lots of eggs but very little flour.

Senses

Torte 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.
• gateau (mostly, UK) A rich, usually iced, cake.
• torte A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).

cake — full definition

1. noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
2. verb To coat something thickly, or to harden into a solid crusted layer.

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