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Cried out, cutting cook’s wedding confection (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bridecake

'wedding confection' is the definition.
(confectionery product at a wedding)

'cried out cutting cook's' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'cook' becomes 'bake' (baking is a kind of cooking).
'cried' anagrammed gives 'ridec'.
'ridec' put inside 'bake' is 'BRIDECAKE'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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