butter cake

noun

A cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter, along with sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder, similar to a pound cake.

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Meanings

nounbutter cake (plural butter cakes)

plural butter cakes

  1. A cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter, along with sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder, similar to a pound cake.

Translations

Dutch boterkoek
  • boterkoekTranslations
French gâteau au beurre
  • gâteau au beurreTranslations
German Butterkuchen
  • ButterkuchenTranslations
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APA

butter cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butter%20cake

MLA

“butter cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butter%20cake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butter cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butter%20cake.

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