gingerbread vs cake

gingerbread and cake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gingerbread	Yes	No	No	No
cake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cake is a hypernym of gingerbread; that is, cake is a word with a broader meaning than gingerbread:

gingerbread: cake flavored with ginger
cake: baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

gingerbread (noun)	cake (noun)
cake flavored with ginger	a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
	baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
	small flat mass of chopped or ground food

gingerbread (verb)	cake (verb)
	form a coat over