submitted 5 months ago by Binette@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So according to Merriam Webster bread is: a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal

And cake is: A: a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened B: a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder)

And yet some people don't think that cake is bread.

What's your opinion?

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Bread usually has yeast, a cake never does.

[-] techwooded@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago

Lots of cakes in Germany for example are traditionally made from yeasted doughs

[-] Binette@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

What about pancakes?

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

They aren't a cake, and they don't have yeast either

[-] polonius-rex@kbin.run 2 points 5 months ago

the first result for "cake with yeast"

[-] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I always used yeast when doing a cake, so the dough rise.

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