Cake flavor, whether natural or artificial, is a versatile ingredient used to add the delicious taste of cake to a wide variety of foods and beverages. It captures the sweet, buttery, and often vanilla-like essence of cake, making it a popular choice for enhancing flavors in both sweet and creative applications. Here are some common uses for cake flavor in food:   1. Baked Goods •  Cakes and Cupcakes: Enhances the flavor of cake batters and frostings, especially for vanilla, butter, or yellow cake varieties.  •  Cookies: Adds a cake-like flavor to sugar cookies, shortbread, or sandwich cookies.  •  Muffins and Breads: Incorporates a cake-like sweetness into muffins, banana bread, or pound cake.  •  Donuts: Used in cake donut recipes or glazes for a classic cake flavor.     2. Desserts •  Cheesecakes: Adds a cake-like flavor to cheesecake fillings or crusts.  •  Ice Cream and Gelato: Creates cake-flavored ice cream, such as birthday cake or vanilla cake varieties.  •  Mousses and Puddings: Enhances the flavor of creamy desserts with a cake-like twist.  •  Trifles and Parfaits: Used in layered desserts with cake, custard, and fruit.     3. Frostings and Fillings •  Buttercream Frosting: Adds a cake-like flavor to frostings for cupcakes or layer cakes.  •  Cream Fillings: Used in pastries like éclairs, cream puffs, or whoopie pies.  •  Glazes: Enhances the flavor of glazes for donuts, cakes, or pastries.