Cake, subst., composition of flour, butter, sugar etc. baked into a small mass: “your c. there is warm within,” Err. III, 1, 71. “dried --s,” H4B II, 4, 159. Troil. I, 1, 15. Troil. I, 1, 15 “old --s of roses,” Rom. V, 1, 47. “--s and ale,” Tw. II, 3, 124. “ale and --s,” H8 V, 4, 11. our cake is dough on both sides (== our plans are utterly hopeless) Shr. I, 1, 110; cf. “my c. is dough,” V, 1, 145.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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