The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 plus 6 letter word VICTORIA SPONGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result VICTORIA SPONGE
- Very fresh apricot goes in cake
- Something for tea — Veronica’s to pig out
- I prove agnostic about cake
- Winner by a nose: pig out on this?
- Cake covering – top is a spread
- Whiff of Melbourne, perhaps, with English cake
- Top dog turned first-class scrounge getting sandwich
- Invigorate cops cooking cake
- Pain goes away after winner gets the cake
- Cake covering - top is a spread
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "cake" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cake = victoria sponge.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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