The term CAKE FRESH can be broken down into two crossword solutions: SASS (4 letters) and STALE (5 letters). SASS is an acronym for Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets, a style sheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML or XML. STALE is an adjective meaning not fresh, having lost its flavor, aroma, or crispness. Together, these two words describe the quality of a cake, with SASS indicating that it is fresh and STALE indicating that it is not.