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layer cake

noun

  1. a cake made in layers, with a cream, jelly, or other filling between them.


layer cake

noun

  1. a cake made in layers with a filling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of layer cake1

First recorded in 1875–80
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“I was a layer cake of abandonment and hurt and fury, iced with a smile,” goes a typically curt, sardonic line in Manguso’s second novel, which chronicles the slow-motion collapse of a marriage.

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Each apartment in their building had its own floor, like a layer cake.

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A layer cake of overlapping aquifers extends from New Jersey to Florida along the coast, providing a reliable source of water for drinking, irrigation and industrial uses.

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Those folks tend to have hobbies other than making layer cakes.

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Much like the vertical layer cake, this is a challenge that is really based on timing and temperature control.

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