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кекс — meaning in English

keks

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English meaning

  • cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
  • cupcake noun A small individual cake, usually baked in a paper or foil cup and topped with icing.
  • fruitcake noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
  • muffin noun A small, cake-like baked good, often eaten for breakfast, that can be sweet (blueberry, chocolate chip) or savoury (bran, corn).

Senses

кекс 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.
  • cupcake A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
  • fruitcake A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
  • muffin A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

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.

cupcake — full definition

  1. noun A small individual cake, usually baked in a paper or foil cup and topped with icing.
  2. noun Informal: a soft or easily beaten opponent, or someone seen as weak.

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