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seed cake noun[ C or U ] (alsoseedcake)uk /ˈsiːd ˌkeɪk/ us /ˈsiːd ˌkeɪk/ any sweet cake containing seeds, especially caraway seeds, for flavour: The book has a very good recipe for seed cake. My mother was in the kitchen baking her famous seedcake. My host brought me a glass of red wine and a large slice of seed cake. Every Christmas my aunt would send me a parcel containing a seedcake. When I returned from the hospital someone had left a seedcake on the front doortstep. Seedcake was very popular in Victorian times. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Cakes angel food cake angelica bake sale baked goods Bakewell pudding cupcake devil's food cake donut donut hole doughnut macaroon Madeira cake madeleine malt loaf marble cake sponge cake sponge finger sticky bun stollen streusel |