gateau

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ga=teau

CIDE DICTIONARY

gateau, n. [F. cake.].

 Any of various rich and elaborate cakes, particularly a light sponge cake having a rich filling or rich icing, such as gateau foret noire (Black Forest Cake).  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gateau, n. (pl. gateaus or gateaux) any of various rich cakes, usu. containing cream or fruit.

Etymology

F g{acirc}teau cake

THESAURUS

gateau

Boston cream pie, angel cake, angel food cake, baked Alaska, cake, cheesecake, chocolate cake, coffee cake, cupcake, fruitcake, genoise, gingerbread, honey cake, jelly roll, jumble, layer cake, marble cake, pound cake, savarin, shortcake, spice cake, sponge cake, tea cake, white cake, yellow cake