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cake, originally a small mass of dough baked by turning on a spit; in present usage a dessert made of flour, sugar, eggs, seasonings, usually some leavening and liquid besides the eggs, and shortening. This last ingredient is not always used; unshortened cakes depend mainly on beaten eggs for leavening (e.g., spongecake and angel food cake). The early method of making sweet cake was by adding other ingredients to a portion of bread dough. Some cakes, such as fruitcake or poundcake, called for many eggs and for wine, brandy, or sack (an Elizabethan wine); these ingredients supplying the leavening agent. Modern cakes are generally raised with baking powder, baking soda, or beaten eggs.

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And in resort markets where real estate prices are skyrocketing, they're selling like hot cakes.
Walt just said we would put them in the corner of the store, but before long they started selling like hot cakes.
And they're selling like hot cakes, though they may be landing under the kitchen sink instead of the Christmas tree.
 
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