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Bake-Off

American  
[beyk-awf, -of] / ˈbeɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
Trademark.
  1. a baking contest in which competitors gather to prepare their specialties for judging.


Etymology

Origin of Bake-Off

bake + -off

Example Sentences

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Times is accepting recipe submissions for its 2025 Holiday Cookie Bake-Off until Monday, Oct.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

Adapted from a Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe from 1963, it’s a tender-crumbed Bundt cake with a twist.

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2023

Her recipe was a riff on the famous Pillsbury Bake-Off Tunnel of Fudge Cake, and I had some ideas for how I’d go about using the framework to create my own ideal cake.

From Washington Post Feb. 7, 2022

The current season of "The Great British Bake-Off" has introduced us to everything from malt loaves to brandy snaps.

From Salon Oct. 28, 2021

She even won five hundred dollars from a Pillsbury Bake-Off contest.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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