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Having just made a couple of cakes for the first time, I now understand why one says something is as easy as piece of cake.
Good work, SM. The expression refers to eating a piece of cake not baking one. I bake from scratch & hand mix, so there is effort involved. Still congrats & post pics!
Good work, SM. The expression refers to eating a piece of cake not baking one. I bake from scratch & hand mix, so there is effort involved. Still congrats & post pics!
No, it is an idiom that means it was easy to do. It has it origins in couples dancing around cakes and the winner took home the prize - that was the cake. I learned this in grammar school.
No, it is an idiom that means it was easy to do. It has it origins in couples dancing around cakes and the winner took home the prize - that was the cake. I learned this in grammar school.
Haha. And, how does that differ from what I said? The origins were from a time when cakes were given as prizes... easy as winning/eating a piece of cake... not baking a cake.
Haha. And, how does that differ from what I said? The origins were from a time when cakes were given as prizes... easy as winning/eating a piece of cake... not baking a cake.
JMO, I think the background is germane to the context, but that is what makes horse races.
Cake Walk. Not dancing. There is a numbered circle put onto the floor and you walk around until the music stops and then a number is drawn to see who wins the cake by standing on the number that has just been drawn. That used to be an extremely popular fundraiser for schools and churches. I don't think it has anything to do with calling something easy or fun a "piece of cake"
But "a piece of cake" doesn't have anything to do with the actual baking of the cake. Maybe it is because a piece of cake is easy to eat and it is something done without resistance.
Cake Walk. Not dancing. There is a numbered circle put onto the floor and you walk around until the music stops and then a number is drawn to see who wins the cake by standing on the number that has just been drawn. That used to be an extremely popular fundraiser for schools and churches. I don't think it has anything to do with calling something easy or fun a "piece of cake"
But "a piece of cake" doesn't have anything to do with the actual baking of the cake. Maybe it is because a piece of cake is easy to eat and it is something done without resistance.
So I googled cake walk and we are both close. If you read down under Modern Times it mentions "piece of cake",
Cake Walk. Not dancing. There is a numbered circle put onto the floor and you walk around until the music stops and then a number is drawn to see who wins the cake by standing on the number that has just been drawn. That used to be an extremely popular fundraiser for schools and churches. I don't think it has anything to do with calling something easy or fun a "piece of cake"
But "a piece of cake" doesn't have anything to do with the actual baking of the cake. Maybe it is because a piece of cake is easy to eat and it is something done without resistance.
It's how I won three cakes in a row my senior year of high school, yay!
For intents of language, when something is a cakewalk, it is a task that is extremely easy. Typically, I use it to describe the opposite, 'it was no cakewalk, that's for certain.' I think 'piece of cake' is like an offshoot, the meaning is the same. Everyone wins! How about some cake, folks? 🎂🍰
Homemade cakes are the best. So many complain about cooking takes too long. A cake comes together in under 10 minutes.
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