BAKE

[verb] - to cook inside a cooker, without using added liquid or fatShe spent the afternoon baking some bread/a cake/biscuits/cookies. [T]I made the icing while the cake was baking. [I]Would you prefer a baked potato or French fries? [T]I love the smell of freshly baked bread [T]Bake at 180°C for about 20 minutes. [I]Bake for 5-7 minutes in a preheated oven. [I]See picture: CookingEarth, clay, etc. can be baked at a high temperature, until they become hard in order to make bricks.(informal) If someone or something is baking, they are very hot.I'm baking in this heavy coat!It's baking outside.Baked Alaska is a dish consisting of a cake base with ice cream on top covered with meringue (= a mixture made of sugar and the white part of eggs) which is cooked for a very short time at a high temperature.Baked beans are haricot beans cooked in tomato sauce, sugar and spices, and usually put into metal containers.See picture: BeansBaking powder is a special mixture of powders used to make cakes rise and become light when they are baked.Baking soda is bicarbonate of soda.Put alternate layers of vegetables and cheese into a baking dish (= an open container, usually made from clay, used in cooking).Lightly grease a baking sheet (= flat metal dish used in cooking) with vegetable oil.Pour the mixture into an eight-inch baking tin (= open metal container used in cooking).See picture: Preparing foodPut the chocolate mixture into a baking tray (= a flat metal dish with low sides used in cooking).