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cake pop

cake pop noun: a confection consisting of a round piece of cake coated in icing or chocolate and stuck on a stick in the manner of a lollipop.

cake pop: a confection consisting of a round piece of cake coated in icing or chocolate and stuck on a stick...
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Noun

cake pop (plural cake pops)

  1. A confection consisting of a round piece of cake coated in icing or chocolate and stuck on a stick in the manner of a lollipop.
    • The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year to make cake pops.2010, Bakerella, Cake Pops Holidays, Chronicle Books (2010), page 30
    • Before you start it's best to pierce the holes into the polystyrene block that will hold the cake pops.2011, Molly Bakes, Crazy for Cake Pops: 50 All-New Delicious and Adorable Creations, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 38

Forms of cake pop

pluralcake pops
alternative formcake-pop
alternative formcakepop

Origin of cake pop

Blend of cake + lollipop. Compare also cookie pop.

Questions about cake pop

What does cake pop mean?
Cake pop means a confection consisting of a round piece of cake coated in icing or chocolate and stuck on a stick in the manner of a lollipop.
What part of speech is cake pop?
Cake pop is a noun.
What is the plural of cake pop?
The plural of cake pop is cake pops.

Words near cake pop in the dictionary

  1. cake molds
  2. cake number
  3. cake numbers
  4. cake plate
  5. cake plates
  6. cake pop
  7. cake pops
  8. cake ring
  9. cake rings
  10. cake server
  11. cake servers

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