What one hopes to earn from chocolate cake tip? (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
brownie point
'what one hopes to earn' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'chocolate cake tip?' is the wordplay.
'chocolate cake' becomes 'brownie' (type of chocolate cake).
'tip?' becomes 'point' (both can mean the end of something).
'brownie'+'point'='BROWNIE POINT'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brownie point that I've seen before include "mark of approval" , "commendation" , "Mark for good behaviour" , "Credit for a good deed" , "gains nominal mark" .)