bakes

Cooks with heat

Bakes is the third-person singular of bake—to cook in an oven using dry heat: She bakes her own bread.

As a noun, bakes refers to instances of baking or baked goods themselves: The church held its annual sale of home bakes.

In Caribbean English, a bake is a type of fried bread.

pastry

croissant

Layered crescent-shaped pastry

muffins · tart · pie · galette · puff · phyllo · lamination · rolling · butter · flaky

bread

sourdough

Wild-yeast bread starter

focaccia · loaf · boule · rye · pumpernickel · challah · brioche · wholegrain · spelt · proofing

sweets

cookies

Small sweet baked goods

macarons · biscotti · blondies · meringue · frosting · icing · sprinkles · chocolate · vanilla · sugar

comfort

homemade

Prepared at one's residence

warmth · hearth · aroma · cozy · Sunday · grandmother · kitchen · freshly · piping · soothing

heat

oven

Enclosed cooking chamber

rack · timer · thermometer · degrees · roast · broil · toasty · warming · radiant · hot

ceramics

kiln

Oven for hardening clay

glaze · earthenware · stoneware · porcelain · bisque · cone · raku · terracotta · vitrify · sintering

texture

golden

Bright yellow, or precious

toasted · caramelized · browned · crackling · crusty · tender · moist · airy · dense · chewy

Categories
Opposites
cooking method

bakesfreezes

Hardens from cold

boils · steams · poaches · raw · uncooked

temperature/thermal process

bakesfreezes

Hardens from cold

chills · refrigerates · cools · ices

Phrases
Family

bake, baking, baked, baker, bakery, half-baked, twice-baked, bakers, bakeries

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G