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Dole out a portion of cheddar or a piece of cake (6)

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I believe the answer is:

doddle

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'a piece of cake' is the definition.
(both can mean something very easy)

'dole out a portion of cheddar' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'a portion of cheddar' becomes 'dd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dole' placed around 'dd' is 'DODDLE'.

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for doddle that I've seen before include "In slang, an easy task" , "pushover" , "Snip" , "Absurdly simple" , "Piece of cake" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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