"sheet cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sheet cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sheet cake (countable and uncountable, plural sheet cakes)
  1. (US) A simple, flat, rectangular cake, often vanilla or sometimes chocolate. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Synonyms: sheath cake [Southern-US], slab cake (english: United Kingdom) [Australian] Translations (A simple, flat, rectangular cake): bradepandekage [common-gender] (Danish), levykakku (Finnish), långpannekaka [common-gender] (Swedish)

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