noun

an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.

a delicious cake smothered with whipped cream

gateau,kuchen

verb

(of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object).

his clothes were caked in mud

cover,coat,encrust,plaster,spread thickly,smother