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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yeast cake1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

She has baked Christmas cookies, no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies, date and nut bread, nut rolls, yeast cake, peach cobbler, snickerdoodle cookies, blueberry pie and cheese dip.

At his suggestion, she spent the next few years apprenticing for pastry chef George Keller, who ran a guesthouse near her vacation home and taught her to make yeast cakes, croissants, tarts and other treats.

And taking a yeast cake a day “will keep influenza away,” the Times-Union said.

“And why throw away the yeast cakes?” demanded Cecile, in amused wonder.

Dissolve the yeast in the water, adding a little more water if necessary, and rubbing the yeast cake with a spoon until thoroughly dissolved.

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