Birthday dessert (4)

I believe the answer is:

cake

'birthday dessert' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for cake that I've seen before include "Rich item of bakery" , "Compact mass of something" , "Sweet baked food" , "Set" , "Dundee, Madeira, Christmas or birthday?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the USA Today, the New York Times, the Newsday, the Newsday.com and the King Feature Syndicate.

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