to dye / to color; to paint; to blush / (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with / (筆を染める) to start writing

attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (＝染み込ませる)

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

cake shop

the color red

(food) cake

Christmas cake / (figuratively, humorous) unmarried woman above the age of 25, seen as no longer desirable.

carrot cake

birthday cake

Alternative form of バントケーキ