As nouns the difference between cake and cakes
is that
cake is a rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing while
cakes is .
As verbs the difference between cake and cakes
is that
cake is coat (something) with a crust of solid material or
cake can be (uk|dialect|obsolete|intransitive) to cackle like a goose while
cakes is (
cake).