The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANISEED
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More clues leading to the result ANISEED
- A flavour of how fan gets to feed
- Is filling a requirement for strong flavouring?
- Flavouring being a requirement is added in
- Strong flavouring eased in cooking
- A requirement to mask one’s strong scent
- Flavouring I understand must be used in conjunction
- Flavouring from Pakistan, I see — delightful!
- Some Arak, if an odd bit of it gets Denise drunk
- Imogen gets to open some bananas, not initially for flavouring
- I judge filling with strong flavour
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The straight part
We know that "Cake flavouring?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cake flavouring? = aniseed.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ANISEED mean?
ANISEED noun- The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.