Does anyone know the Japanese verb for "to make" (as in to make a cake)?

Question

lol i can read hiragana and i can figure out the kanji

but thanks anyway =]

Answer 1

The guy above me is correct, but i will give a bite more detail and he also left out the romanisation for a bit of it so you may not be able to read it.

Here goes,

To make (for food/meals etc) - tsukuru

I will make a cake - keeki wo tsukuru

OR

keeki wo tsukurimasu.

~~~NOTE~~~

tsukurimasu is the same as tsukuru only tsukurimasu is more polite!

I am making a cake - keeki wo tsukutte imasu

I made a cake - keeki wo tsukurimashita

OR (impolite)

keeki wo tsukutta

I didn't make a cake - keeki wo tsukurimasen deshita

Let's make a cake - keeki wo tsukurimashou

OR (impolite)

keeki wo tsukurou

Hope this helps,

Beau

Answer 2

Tsukuru (作る）

In your example it would be:

ケーキを作る = To make a cake

ケーキを作りました = I made a cake

Aside: If you want to say "I baked a cake", it would be Yaku (焼く)

ケーキを焼きました = I baked a cake

Hope that helps