Recipes: Carrot Cake (vocabulary)

baking powder - prášek do pečiva

noun - a powder mixture that is used in baking

beat - šlehat, našlehat

verb - to stir well using a fork or a special utensil

cake - koláč, dort

noun - a sweet baked food made of flour, eggs and sugar etc.

cake tin - dortová forma

noun, British English - a round metal container in which you bake a cake

carrot - mrkev

noun - a kind of long orange vegetable that grows in the ground

cinnamon - skořice

noun - an aromatic spice that is made from the bark of a tropical Asian tree, it is usually ground

cream cheese - smetanový sýr

noun - soft smooth white cheese that you can spread on bread etc.

flour - mouka

noun - the white powder made from grains used for baking (bread etc.)

fold in - vmíchat, vmísit (opatrně, pomalu)

verb - to mix something into a mixture gently with a spoon etc.

frosting - poleva (cukrová)

noun, American English - a sweet covering of a cake etc.

grated - strouhaný, nastrouhaný

adjective - (of food) broken into small particles by rubbing it against a special instrument

chill - ochladit, vychladit

verb, informal - to make something very cold but not frozen; to let something become very cold but not frozen (usually in a fridge)

layer - vrstva

noun - a thickness of something on top of something else or between two things

line - lemovat

verb - to form a border or edge of something

ripe - zralý, uzrálý

adjective - (of fruit etc.) fully grown and ready to be picked and/or eaten

skewer - jehla (na špíz), jehlice (na špíz), špejle (kuchařská)

noun - a long metal or wooden pin used to hold meat etc. together while cooking

spread - rozetřít, namazat (máslo apod.)

verb - to put butter etc. over the surface of a slice of bread etc.

stir - míchat (jídlem při vaření)

verb - to move the food in the pot a little while cooking in order not to burn it

walnut - vlašský ořech

noun - a nut with a wrinkled seed