Cakes and biscuits
baking sheet
noun
a baking tray
biscuit
noun
a type of small flat dry cake that is usually sweet and round. The usual American word is cookie
brandy snap
noun
a sweet hard biscuit in the shape of a tube, flavoured with ginger
brownie
noun
a type of flat chocolate cake, served in squares
bun
noun
a small round cake, especially with a sweet sticky surface
buttercream
noun
a soft sweet food made of sugar and butter, used on top of or between the layers of a cake
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
centre
noun
the middle of a chocolate, sweet, or cake
cheesecake
noun
a type of cake made of biscuits, soft cheese, and sometimes fruit
Chelsea bun
noun
a small round cake with dried fruit in it and sugar on the top
chocolate chip cookie
noun
a type of biscuit that contains small pieces of chocolate
Christmas cake
noun
a heavy fruit cake eaten at Christmas in the UK
cone
noun
a cone shape that you put ice cream in and eat
cookie
noun
a small sweet biscuit
cornet
noun
a cone for ice cream
cracker
noun
a type of thin dry hard biscuit often eaten with cheese
cream cracker
noun
a thin dry hard biscuit usually 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 biscuit made from rye or wheat
crumpet
noun
a flat round cake eaten hot with butter
cupcake
noun
a small round cake with icing (=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 icing on the top
devil’s food cake
noun
a type of chocolate cake often eaten in the US
digestive biscuit
noun
in the UK, a type of biscuit that is made from wheat and is slightly sweet
Eccles cake
noun
a type of small cake filled with dried currants (=fruit)
éclair
noun
a type of cake shaped like a tube with chocolate on top and cream inside
fairy cake
noun
a small round cake, usually with icing on top
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 biscuit made of oats, butter, and syrup
fortune cookie
noun
a hard thin Chinese biscuit that has a piece of paper inside with a message about your future on it
frosting
noun
icing for a cake
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 biscuit with a ginger flavour in the shape of a person
ginger nut
noun
a type of biscuit that has a strong ginger flavour
glacé icing
noun
a sugar layer for a cake that makes it look smooth and shiny
hot cross bun
noun
a sweet cake for one person, marked with a small cross on the top and traditionally eaten at Easter
ice-cream cone
noun
a hard thin biscuit shaped like a cone, that you can put ice cream in, or one of these with ice cream in it
macaroon
noun
a type of biscuit made from sugar, egg white, and nuts
Madeira cake
noun
a type of pale yellow cake
muffin
noun
a small sweet cake that often contains fruit
oatcake
noun
a biscuit that people usually eat with cheese and other savoury foods, made from oats
pancake
noun
a small thick round cake made in the same way
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 or biscuit
piping
noun
thin lines of cream, icing etc put on food as a decoration
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
rock cake
noun
a small hard cake with a rough surface that has dried fruit inside
sandwich
noun
a cake made of two layers with jam or cream in the middle
scone
noun
a small soft cake that sometimes contains dried fruit. You usually eat scones with butter.
Scotch pancake
noun
a small thick flat round cake made of eggs, flour, and milk, usually eaten with butter
shortbread
noun
a hard sweet biscuit made with a large amount of butter
shortcake
noun
shortbread
shortcake
noun
a plain type of cake that is usually served with fruit and cream on top of it
simnel cake
noun
a type of cake containing dried fruit, traditionally eaten at Easter
sponge cake
noun
a very light type of cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar
swiss roll
noun
a cake made by rolling a thin flat cake with a sweet substance such as jam spread on top into a shape like a tube
teacake
noun
a type of small round cake with raisins in it
tray bake
noun
a cake made on a baking tray and cut into square pieces
wafer
noun
a very thin biscuit
waffle
noun
a flat cake that has deep square marks on both sides
water biscuit
noun
a thin light biscuit that is often eaten with cheese