Sheet Cake

Pronunciation: /ʃiːt keɪk/

Definitions of sheet cake

noun a flat, rectangular cake baked in a large, shallow pan and typically frosted

Example Sentences

A1 I like to eat sheet cake at birthday parties.

A2 She baked a sheet cake for the school bake sale.

B1 The bakery offers a variety of flavors for their sheet cakes.

B2 The wedding reception featured a beautiful sheet cake as the dessert.

C1 The chef created an elaborate design on the sheet cake for the special event.

C2 The sheet cake was made with high-quality ingredients and received rave reviews from the guests.

Examples of sheet cake in a Sentence

formal The bakery offers a selection of sheet cakes for special occasions.

informal I'm bringing a sheet cake to the party tonight.

slang Let's grab a sheet cake for the potluck.

figurative The project was a sheet cake compared to the upcoming challenge.

Grammatical Forms of sheet cake

• past tense: sheet caked
• plural: sheet cakes
• comparative: more sheet cake
• superlative: most sheet cake
• present tense: sheet cakes
• future tense: will sheet cake
• perfect tense: have sheet caked
• continuous tense: is sheet caking
• singular: sheet cake
• positive degree: sheet cake
• infinitive: to sheet cake
• gerund: sheet caking
• participle: sheet caked

Origin and Evolution of sheet cake

First Known Use: 1955 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The term 'sheet cake' originated from the practice of baking cakes in large, flat rectangular pans known as 'sheet pans'.

Evolution of the word: Originally used to describe a cake baked in a sheet pan, the term 'sheet cake' has evolved to refer to any large, single-layer cake that is typically rectangular in shape and meant to serve a crowd at events or gatherings.