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cup·cake

(kŭp′kāk′)

A small cake baked in a cup-shaped container.

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cupcake

(ˈkʌpˌkeɪk)

(Cookery) a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper case

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cup•cake

(ˈkʌpˌkeɪk)

n.

a small cake, the size of an individual portion, baked in a cup-shaped mold.

[1820–30, Amer.]

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cupcake - small cake baked in a muffin tin

cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

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カップケーキ

cupcake

[ˈkʌpkeɪk] N → pastelito m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cupcake

[ˈkʌpkeɪk] n → petit gâteau mcup final n (British) (FOOTBALL) → finale f de la coupe

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