English word birthday cake comes from English cake, English birthday
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| cake | English (eng) | (slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.. (slang) Money.. A block of any of various dense materials.. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.. A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or [...] |
| birthday | English (eng) | (intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]. The anniversary of the day on which something is created.. The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth. |
| birthday cake | English (eng) | A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday. |