ˌhot ˈcake BrE AmE British English , hot‧cake American English /ˈhɒtkeɪk $ ˈhɑːt-/ noun [countable]
1 . be selling/going like hot cakes if things are selling like hot cakes, they are very popular and people are buying a lot of them very quickly:
Copies of the book are selling like hot cakes.
2 . American English a ↑ pancake