birthday cake

Definitions

1. A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday.
   countable, uncountable
2. In particular, a buttery, frosted vanilla cake of the sort commonly made to celebrate birthdays in the US, used in compound words to attribute a buttery or creamy, sugary, vanilla cake flavour or aroma to other things.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

““I almost ran away.” / “But you didn’t,” Hallie said seriously. / “We stayed for birthday cake.” Portia sat cross-legged on the bed. “Alfonso’s niece was afraid of the candles and Alfonso helped her blow⟳ them out.[…]””

“We sit⟳ around chatting, with plates of birthday cake on our laps that none of us have⟳ got the stomach for.”

“Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream.”

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