Home › Words › B › beancakebeancakebeancake means akara, a West African fritter made from black-eyed peas.EtymologyFrom bean + cake.nounAkara, a West African fritter made from black-eyed peas.A various form of tofu, made from soybeans.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.akara 83% match — A bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour. vs beancake →accra 57% match — A spicy fritter, originally from Ghana but now typically from Haiti. vs beancake →hotcake 56% match — Synonym of pancake. vs beancake →bafla 55% match — A kind of Indian baked doughball, often served with dal. vs beancake →anack 55% match — A kind of bread prepared using oatmeal. vs beancake →drybean 55% match — Any bean of the genus Phaseolus. vs beancake →friedcake 54% match — A small deep-fried pastry vs beancake →frybread 54% match — Fried bread. vs beancake →