Cake is a bread like baked item made with sugar, flour, eggs, liquids, flavors/colors,leavening....
Cake is a hashed up food product in patty shape ususally fried, like fish cakes...
Cake is a band...
Cake can be leavened or unleavened....
Cake can be a mess in the oven as in "baked on caked on mess."...
A cake should, imho, mostly cake!
Piece Monte (sp) is something that incorporates many diciplins of pastry making.
Center Piece, Sculpture, Sugar Piece, Wood Shop ... there are other names to be used.