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Steps taken before beginning to bake a small cake (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rum baba

'small cake' is the definition.
(type of cake)

'steps taken before beginning to bake a' is the wordplay.
'steps' becomes 'rumba' (type of dance - a set of dance steps).
'taken before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'bake' is 'b'.
'rumba'+'b'+'a'='RUM BABA'

(Other definitions for rum baba that I've seen before include "sort of tipsy-cake" , "Spirit-soaked cake" , "Cake soaked in syrup" , "Sweet" , "Soaked sponge dessert" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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