yeast cake

noun

1. a small cake of compacted yeast for baking or the like.
2. a cake or sweet bread containing yeast as a leavening agent.

yeast cake

noun

1. living yeast cells compressed with starch into a cake, for use in baking or brewing

Word History and Origins

Origin of yeast cake¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Dissolve the yeast cake and add it to the milk and a sufficient amount of the flour to make a sponge.

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One pint flour, yeast cake; make a batter over night with warm milk and set it to rise.

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Use one and one-half cups of this mixture in place of the yeast cake.

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Another Biddy, engaged by a friend of ours, having to make a yeast-cake, put it under her bed-clothes 'just to plump it a bit.'

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As soon as I do, you can run right down for the yeast-cake, and this time I am sure you will not stop on the way.

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