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CEFR A1 Sweet Snacks and Desserts

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➡ Across 15 Words

4. A small sweet cake often eaten for breakfast
5. A small amount of food eaten between meals
8. A thick sweet liquid poured over pancakes
11. To add icing or fruit to a cake
13. A sweet dish usually eaten at the end of a meal
14. A small flat sweet biscuit
15. To take pleasure in eating a sweet treat
16. The sweet substance used in desserts
17. Touched ice cream with your tongue, past tense of lick
19. Sweet food eaten at the end of a meal
22. A sweet baked food made with dough
26. The thick part of milk, used in many desserts
27. To give food to someone, like dessert
28. A sticky sweet made from sugar and butter
29. A yellow fat used in baking sweet treats

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. A white liquid used to make many desserts
2. Mixed with a spoon, past tense of stir
3. Put milk into a glass, past tense of pour
6. A sweet brown food made from cocoa beans
7. A small chocolate cake, often square
9. A thin flat cake fried in a pan, often eaten with syrup
10. A flavoring used in ice cream and cakes
12. Preposition: This honey comes ___ bees
14. A sweet baked food often served at birthdays
18. A small cake baked in a paper cup
20. Containing a lot of sugar
21. Made ice cream solid by cooling, past tense of freeze
23. Having a taste like sugar
24. Frozen water, often used in desserts like ice cream
25. A sweet cake with a pattern of squares, eaten at breakfast

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