The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TORTE
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More clues leading to the result TORTE
- Left-winger returning with English cake
- Cake that’s part of breakfast or tea
- Wrong end of apple cake
- Sweet child with its foot in Rhine on vacation
- Cake for broadcaster from Dublin
- Hurried to consume last of sweet cake
- Sweet energy drink brought round to take on run
- Rich cake — raced to eat tons
- Wrong bottom on sponge cake
- Rich cake a part of breakfast or tea
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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 = torte.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 TORTE mean?
TORTE noun- A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).