cakeage
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkeɪ.kɪdʒ/ us/ˈkeɪ.kɪdʒ/
mainly UK（为顾客自己带来的蛋糕切开装盘的）蛋糕费
a charge that you pay in some restaurants for being allowed to eat a cake or cakes there that you have brought yourself
Restaurants often charge customers to cut and plate the cake you have brought. The practice has come to be called cakeage. 餐馆通常会向顾客收取费用，为他们切开自己带来的蛋糕并装盘。这种做法现在被称为蛋糕费。
Compare: corkage
- More examples
- We had to eat a chocolate mudcake with our hands - very messy and ridiculous, considering we paid $10 for "cakeage".
- Cakeage is a fee levied by restaurants when a customer brings their own birthday cake in to cut and serve at the end of their birthday meal.
- Cakeage will be charged to parties who bring in their own dessert or cake at £3.50 per person.
- It should be noted that if you would like us to cut and serve your cake, a cakeage fee of $2.50 per person will be charged.