Sentence examples for counter cake from inspiring English sources

109 Otley Road, Headingley, +44 (0)0113 275 8877; salvos.co.uk With its solid wooden counter, cake stands and high, packed shelves, this deli has the feel of an Edwardian fine food store.

But even a humble, over-the-counter "cake" is a complex system of infinitesimal reactions.

The centrepiece is, of course, a glittering counter of cakes, tray bakes – don't miss the cinnamon and apple crumble slices, £1.80 – and finely wrought patisserie.

Both branches open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 11.30am-5.30pm Chef Simon Snowball's cafe is pretty swish – Chesterfield sofas, clean white tiling, attractive counter-top cake displays – but it's a place where there is no standing on ceremony.

Sod muffin tops; I'm packing half the cake counter at Greggs.

The cake counter is always worth coming back for, not least for the delectably rich vegan tiramisu.

But Uncle Maxie could not handle the variety of items offered at the cake counter; if a customer indicated that she wanted cake as well as bread, Maxie would simply ask her to go to another clerk.

Even teenagers working the counter at Classic Cakes know better than to talk to a reporter about the Carol Neulander case.

The brioche-based dough is a fantastic counter to the traditional cake in everything from the buttermilk old-fashioneds to dulce de leche, Mexican chocolate, and almond granache.

I looked at him for a hard second, slid his money off of the counter, handed him his cake and, in one of my less inspiring moments, said, "Whatever".

A basement bakery keeps the counter filled with fantastic cakes (rich, ganache-like chocolate brownies are particularly brilliant, £1.70), and breads that are used at lunch for "saucy buns", filled with, for instance, slow-cooked pork, jalapenos, smoky tomatoes and mozzarella, or buttermilk fried chicken with avocado and garlic mayonnaise.