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Cakes trivia quiz

Cakes trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 Cakes questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

Opens Monday 9 November at 06:00: get notified

What the Cakes questions cover

  • Angel Food
  • Black Forest
  • British Classics
  • French Classics
  • American Classics
  • Battenberg
  • Baumkuchen
  • Cake Decorating
  • Cake Science
  • Chiffon Cake
  • Fraisier
  • Frosting

Try three Cakes questions

Question 1

Which type of frosting is most famously used on a classic rich cocoa layer dessert?

  1. Chocolate frosting
  2. Marzipan
  3. Cream cheese frosting
  4. Lemon glaze
Show the answer

Chocolate frosting

Question 2

What creamy dairy ingredient forms the main filling of the New York-style baked dessert with a crumb crust?

  1. Greek yogurt
  2. Cream cheese
  3. Ricotta
  4. Mascarpone
Show the answer

Cream cheese

Question 3

What ingredient gives the light, airy white dessert baked in a tube pan its volume?

  1. Sour cream
  2. Butter
  3. Egg whites
  4. Egg yolks
Show the answer

Egg whites

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Cakes match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Cakes questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

Your Cakes ranking is its own: climb it without your other topics dragging you down.