Cake Alice baked -- last piece for Hatter? (6)
I believe the answer is:
eclair
'cake' is the definition.
(eclair is a type of cake)
'alice baked last piece for hatter?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'alice' is 'eclai' which is present in the answer.
'piece' could be 'r' (abbreviation for Rook) and 'r' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eclair that I've seen before include "Long, individual cake" , "Bakery item" , "Type of cream cake" , "teatime treat?" , "cream-cake" .)