types:
pastry
any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
cake
baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
dowdy,
pandowdy
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
frangipane
pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling
streusel
pastry with a topping of streusel
tart
a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
pie
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
vol-au-vent
puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce
strudel
thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked
baklava
rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
profiterole
a small, round pastry usually filled with cream and topped with chocolate
puff
a light inflated pastry or puff shell
baba
a small cake leavened with yeast
cheesecake
made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust
coconut cake
cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting
crumb cake
cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour
crumpet
a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
cupcake
small cake baked in a muffin tin
Eccles cake
a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit
fruitcake
a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
gateau
any of various rich and elaborate cakes
sponge cake
a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening
bridecake,
wedding cake
a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception
pound cake
rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour
layer cake
cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting
torte
rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
petit four
small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake
prune cake
moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree
savarin
a sponge cake baked in a ring mold
honey cake
a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey
marble cake
made of light and dark batter very lightly blended
genoise
rich and delicate Italian sponge cake
teacake
any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea
biscuit,
cookie,
cooky
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
friedcake
small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat
waffle
a batter cake baked and pressed between two patterned metal plates
rock cake
a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock
anadama bread
a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses
bap
a small loaf or roll of soft bread
bun,
roll
small rounded bread either plain or sweet
challah,
hallah
(Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking
cracker
a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
crouton
a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
English muffin
round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten
flatbread
any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
garlic bread
French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven
Host
a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
loaf,
loaf of bread
a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
naan,
nan
leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
quick bread
breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking
rye bread
any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour
salt-rising bread
white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp
simnel
a crisp bread of fine white flour
toast
slices of bread that have been toasted
wafer
thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
rugelach,
ruggelach,
rugulah
pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)