Qu'est-ce qu'un cake? Qu'est-ce qu'un cake? A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings.A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake that is baked or fried.A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty.A shaped or molded piece, as of soap or ice.A layer or deposit of compacted matter: a cake of grime in the oven.