marble cake vs cake

marble cake and cake both are nouns.

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

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

marble cake: made of light and dark batter very lightly blended
cake: baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

marble cake (noun)	cake (noun)
made of light and dark batter very lightly blended	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

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