cake crumbs
Leftover pastry bits
Cake crumbs are the small fragments that break off from cake—what collects on a plate after slicing, or what remains at the bottom of a container.
The phrase often appears in recipes calling for crushed cake as an ingredient: Press the cake crumbs into the bottom of the pan for a crust.
Someone might brush cake crumbs from their shirt or lap.
- angel foodFluffy eggwhite cake
- spongecakeEgg-leavened light cake
- breadcrumbsDried, crushed loaf pieces
- leftoverFood saved after meals
- morselsSmall pieces of food
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- baking scrapsflour dust, crusts, heels, overflow
- cake layersfrosting, ganache, mousse, custard, whipped cream