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loaf cake
A moist sponge-style cake, usually baked in a loaf pan, often refined with fruit, nuts, or chocolate.
Zum Nachmittagstee servierte sie einen selbstgebackenen Zitronen-Cake.
For afternoon tea, she served a homemade lemon loaf cake.
The word 'Cake' is especially common in Switzerland and in parts of Austria. In large parts of Germany, the terms 'Kastenkuchen' (loaf cake) or 'Rührkuchen' (sponge-style cake) are more usual.
In der Schweiz isst man zum Kaffee gerne einen Cake.
In Switzerland, people like to have a cake with coffee.
In German, 'Cake' does not refer to every kind of cake. It almost always means a sponge-style cake baked in a long loaf pan.
Für das Picknick backe ich einen einfachen Marmor-Cake.
For the picnic, I'm baking a simple marble loaf cake.
'Cake' is often combined with an ingredient that determines the flavor. Typical examples include 'Zitronen-Cake' (lemon loaf cake), 'Schokoladen-Cake' (chocolate loaf cake), or 'Marmor-Cake' (marble loaf cake).
Ihr Schokoladen-Cake ist besonders saftig und bei allen beliebt.
Her chocolate loaf cake is especially moist and popular with everyone.
cake
Kuchen is the broader term for a sweet baked good made from baked dough or a mixture. A Cake is more specific: it is usually a moist sponge-style cake baked in a loaf pan, often with fruit, nuts, or chocolate. Cake is therefore the more precise term for this particular form.
Für den Geburtstag backt Mia einen saftigen Cake mit Nüssen in der Kastenform.
Mia is baking a moist loaf cake with nuts in a loaf pan for the birthday.
Für den Geburtstag backt Mia einen runden Kuchen mit Äpfeln.
Mia is baking a round apple cake for the birthday.
