Pastry vs. Cake

Pastry vs. Cake — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pastry and Cake

Pastrynoun

A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.

That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.

Cakenoun

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

Pastrynoun

(uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.

Cakenoun

A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

an oatmeal cakea johnnycake

Pastrynoun

(obsolete) The place where pastry is made.

Cakenoun

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

buckwheat cakes
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Pastrynoun

The act or art of making pastry.

Cakenoun

A block of any of various dense materials.

a cake of soapa cake of sand

Pastrynoun

a dough of flour and water and shortening

Cakenoun

(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.

Pastrynoun

any of various baked foods made of dough or batter

Cakenoun

(slang) Money.

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Cakenoun

Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations.

Cakeverb

(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

His shoes are caked with mud.

Cakeverb

To form into a cake, or mass.

Cakenoun

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

a bar of chocolate

Cakenoun

small flat mass of chopped food

Cakenoun

made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs

Cakeverb

form a coat over;

Dirt had coated her face