gateau

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.

1. A rich, usually iced, cake.

   “Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy.”

2. A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.

   “a gateau of veal”