| BDAY | Occasion for a cake, informally |
| BDAYS | Occasions for blowing out candles on cakes, informally |
| DRAGEE | French word for a sugared almond, a chocolate chip, a medicated sweet or a silvered candy bead for a cake (6) |
| PASTRY | Mixture of shortening and flour traditionally baked-blind for tart/quiche bases and pie crusts; or, a general word for a cake made by a patissier (6) |
| BUN | A bit of a drab undertaking for a cake! (3) |
| BATTER | Word, from "to beat", for a cake mixture, cricket ball hitter, damaged piece of type, pummel or a friable culinary coating for fish, fruit or meat (6) |
| TIERS | Levels, for a cake or a stadium |
| MACARON | French name for a cake-like confection with halves made from egg white, sugar and almonds, and a creamy filling |
| LOGIC | There are raisins for everything and currents for a cake: syllogistic reasoning? (5) |
| SWEETMEAT | Word for a cake or pastry originally, later a candy, dainty, lollipop, marzipan fruit, sugarplum or other such sugary confection (9) |
| ICING | I see a gin mixture is nice for a cake |
| TARTLET | Rattle about, having time for a cake (7) |
| RICHEST | Superlative for a cake |
| GATEAU | French word for a cake (6) |
| MADEIRA | Bananas from country cut short for a cake (7) |
| OVEN | Place for a cake |
| USING | Employing some delicious ingredients for a cake (5) |
| TWINE | String for a cake box |
| DENSE | Opposite of fluffy, for a cake |
| ECLAIR | I-clear-off-for-a-cake |
