See quot. 1785. Now uncommon.
1785. Cake or Cakey, a foolish fellow.—Grose, ‘Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.’ (N.E.D.)
1837. If, for instance, we are briefly told that Mr. Plinlimmon is a “cake,” the word may be derided as a cant appellation; the ultra-fastidious may turn up their noses at it as a slang phrase; but volumes could not render our knowledge of the man more perfect.—J. C. Neal, ‘Charcoal Sketches,’ p. 164.
1842. It won’t be long before he fills the place of some one of the drones and cakes who now outrank him.—Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, Sept. 1.
