Cakes and biscuits
baking sheet
noun
a flat square piece of metal used for baking things such as cookies on
brownie
noun
a type of flat chocolate cake, served in squares
bun
noun
a small round cake, especially with a sweet sticky surface
cake
noun
a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil
cake mix
noun
a powder that you add eggs and milk or water to and then bake in the oven to make a cake
cheesecake
noun
a type of cake made of soft cheese and sometimes fruit
chocolate chip cookie
noun
a type of cookie that contains small pieces of chocolate
Christmas cake
noun
a heavy fruit cake eaten at Christmas in the U.K.
cone
noun
a cone shape that you put ice cream in and eat
cookie
noun
a small sweet cake that is usually flat and in the shape of a circle
cracker
noun
a type of thin dry hard biscuit often eaten with cheese
creampuff
noun
a small light cake that is empty inside and can be filled with whipped cream
crispbread
noun
a thin hard cracker made from rye or wheat
cruller
noun
a small sweet cake with a curly or twisted shape, cooked in oil
crumpet
noun
a flat round cake eaten hot with butter
cupcake
noun
a small round cake with frosting (=a thick sweet substance made from sugar) on top
Danish
noun
a danish pastry
Danish pastry
noun
a flat sweet cake for one person, containing fruit and nuts and often with frosting on the top
devil’s food cake
noun
a type of rich chocolate cake
éclair
noun
a type of cake shaped like a tube with chocolate on top and cream inside
fairy cake
noun
a cupcake
filling
noun
the cream, fruit, etc. that forms the inside part of a cake or pie
flan
noun
a cake or pie without a top that has a filling of cheese, fruit, or vegetables
flapjack
noun
a round flat cake made from flour, eggs, and milk, eaten with butter and syrup for breakfast
flapjack
noun
a cookie made of oats, butter, and syrup
fortune cookie
noun
a hard thin Chinese cookie that has a piece of paper inside with a message about your future on it
fruitcake
noun
a heavy cake containing dried fruit
gateau
noun
a large cake decorated or filled with sweet foods such as fruit, cream, and chocolate
gingerbread
noun
a type of cake made with ginger
gingerbread man
noun
a cookie with a ginger flavor in the shape of a person
ginger snap
noun
a type of cookie that has a strong ginger flavor
glaze
noun
a layer of sugar on a cake that makes it look smooth and shiny
graham cracker
noun
a type of cookie, made from flour, sugar, and water
hot cross bun
noun
a sweet cake for one person
hush puppy
noun
a small cake made of cornmeal (=a type of flour) cooked in oil that people eat in the southern U.S.
ice-cream cone
noun
a hard thin cookie shaped like a cone, that you can put ice cream in, or one of these with ice cream in it
jelly roll
noun
a cake that is made in one long thin layer that is spread with jelly then rolled up
ladyfinger
noun
a small thin cookie shaped like a finger, used for decorating sweet food
macaroon
noun
a type of cookie made from sugar, egg white, and nuts
muffin
noun
a small sweet cake that often contains fruit
oatcake
noun
a biscuit that people usually eat with cheese and other savory foods, made from oats
pancake
noun
a small round thick cake made by cooking a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk, usually eaten hot for breakfast
pastry
noun
a type of cake made from sweet pastry
patisserie
noun
the cakes that a patisserie sells
petit four
noun
a type of small sweet cake
piping
noun
thin lines of cream, frosting, etc. put on food as a decoration
pound cake
noun
a plain cake made with eggs and equal amounts of flour, sugar, and butter
pretzel
noun
a type of cracker that people often eat between meals or with beer. It is baked in the shape of a stick or a knot and covered with salt.
profiterole
noun
a small round pastry shaped like a small ball that is filled with cream and has chocolate on the top
scone
noun
a small soft cake that sometimes contains dried fruit. You usually eat scones with butter.
sheet cake
noun
a cake made on a baking sheet and cut into square pieces
shortbread
noun
a hard sweet cookie made with a large amount of butter
shortcake
noun
a plain type of cake that is usually served with fruit and cream on top of it
shortcake
noun
shortbread
sponge cake
noun
a very light type of cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar
teacake
noun
a type of small round cake with raisins in it
wafer
noun
a very thin cookie
waffle
noun
a flat cake that has deep square marks on both sides