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Ask for help > cake or a cake
cake or a cake
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miss noor
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cake or a cake
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Hi,
How do you do ?
Please help me
What can I say:
I prepare a cake
or
I prepare cake
Thanks in advance
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2 Mar 2009
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Lou2002
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Sorry to be a pain but in reality I would say I make a cake! Otherwise if I �m preparing it then "a cake" definitely.
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2 Mar 2009
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traceyo777
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yes, definately agree with Lou.
For example:
I make cakes on Tuesdays (or if you are doing it now) I am making a cake.
Bake a cake is also correct.
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2 Mar 2009
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Zora
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For cakes:
You are making a cake / You make a cake... etc... - is used when you are mixing the batter and/or going through the whole process of mixing and baking...
You are baking / you bake a cake... is used more for the putting in the oven part of the process..
AND... you can prepare a cake... BUT that is used when you are going to put icing on it or get it ready for another process, like spreading it with a filling to make a "jelly roll" or a black forest layer cake that has various layers since you �d actually have to prepare the cake before you put it together...
Also, it would be used in a sentence like this one "She is preparing the cake for Andy�s birthday party"... (It means that the cake is baked and she is probably putting icing or candles on it.. )
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3 Mar 2009
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eng789
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I think you can say, "We always have cake for dessert. without using an article. |
3 Mar 2009
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Jayho
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Yes its a cake however in my undomesticated opinion we generally don �t use the word �prepare � with �cake � - it �s usually make or bake, and once that �s done we ice or decorate it. BUT, if you �re at all like me, you buy one ready 2 go! |
3 Mar 2009
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