yam cake
/ˈjæm keɪk/
yam cake noun: taro cake.
Noun
yam cake (countable and uncountable, plural yam cakes)
- Taro cake.
- Let me hazard a guess: Yam cakes are made from yam, something that grows underground like a potato.1995 April 11, Seetoh Wai Keong, “What’s ‘Yam cake’”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet)
- Many regulars also come for his delicious chwee kueh (steamed rice cakes topped with preserved radish), here sold in generous bowl-sized portions rather than our usual dainty morsels, and steamed yam cake topped with golden fried shallots, chopped spring onions and sliced chillies.2010 September 4, “The best Nonya kuehs in KL”, in The Straits Times, Singapore
Examples of yam cake in a sentence
- This recipe can be adapted to make yam cake.2012, Christopher Tan, Amy Van, Chinese Heritage Cooking (Singapore Heritage Cookbooks), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Cuisine, →ISBN, page...
- The defining features of this yam cake are its garnishing and sauce, which are always part of the dish.2014, Ng Lip Kah, edited by Audrey Yow, Dim Sum: A Step-by-step Cookbook (Cooking Classics), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 75:
Forms of yam cake
| plural | yam cakes |
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Origin of yam cake
Calque from Chinese 芋頭糕／芋头糕 (yùtougāo).
Questions about yam cake
- What does yam cake mean?
- Yam cake means taro cake.
- How do you use yam cake in a sentence?
- This recipe can be adapted to make yam cake.
- What part of speech is yam cake?
- Yam cake is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yam cake?
- Yam cake is pronounced /ˈjæm keɪk/.
- What is the plural of yam cake?
- The plural of yam cake is yam cakes.
Words near yam cake in the dictionary
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