home-made
moist, rich, sticky (esp. BrE)
a rich, moist fruit cake

almond, carrot, chocolate, cream (esp. BrE), fruit, lemon, etc.
angel food (AmE), pound (AmE), sponge
layer
birthday, Christmas (esp. BrE), wedding
I blew out the candles on my birthday cake.

piece, slice
He cut her a slice of cake.

eat, have
bake, make
decorate, frost (esp. AmE), ice
cut
The bride and groom cut the wedding cake.

crumbs
She brushed some cake crumbs off her lap.

recipe
mix, mixture (BrE)
a packet of cake mix (BrE)
a box of cake mix (AmE)
Pour the cake mixture into a bowl.

pan (AmE), tin (BrE)
stand
shop (esp. BrE), stall (BrE)

Cake is used with these nouns as the subject:
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