Cake-burning king (6)
I believe the answer is:
alfred
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cake-burning king</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for alfred that I've seen before include "- - Hitchcock" , "King of Wessex, known as "the Great"" , "Royal one across burner" , "Cake-burning king" , "English-born film director" .)