Meaning & Origin

“Piece of cake” describes something very easy — simple to do or solve. Many speakers connect it to the older “cakewalk,” a contest where the winner took home a cake, reinforcing the idea of effortlessness.

Pronunciation Guide

• piece — sounds like “peace.”
• of — often reduced to “uhv.”
• cake — long “a,” as in “say.”
• Natural rhythm: PIECE of CAKE.

Usage & Sentence Examples

Use it when a task is surprisingly simple.

• With the template set up, publishing the page is a piece of cake.
• For her, mental math is a piece of cake.
• The migration looked hard, but the cutover was a piece of cake.
• If QA is green, the release should be a piece of cake.
• Once you see the pattern, the puzzle is a piece of cake.
• The new onboarding makes setup a piece of cake for users.

Synonyms

very easy · a breeze · no sweat · child’s play · effortless · straightforward