Sorry ignore that post - i made a mistake.

The word cake is both a count and an uncount noun depending on the context and meaning of the sentence. There are lots of rules that divide these two types of nouns which I won't go into here but maybe these examples will help answer your question:

1. You use an uncount noun with no article if you mean all or any of that thing.

I like cake

2. You use the with an uncount noun when you are talking about a particular example of that thing.

I like the cake very much.

3. You usually use a/an with a count noun the first time you say or write that noun.

Please can I have a piece of cake?

4. You use the with count nouns the second and subsequent times you use the noun, or when the listener already knows what you are referring to (maybe because there is only one of that thing).

Where's the cake I baked for you yesterday?

5. You use a plural count noun with no article if you mean all or any of that thing.

I like cakes very much.

Oh gosh this is a complicated subject!

Basically, the word cake is both a count and an uncount noun depending on the context and meaning of the sentence. There are lots of rules that divide these two types of nouns which I won't go into here but maybe these two examples will answer your question:

The sentence I like cake very much does not contain an article. The noun cake is uncountable in this context because I am referring to it as a thing in general.

However in the sentence I like the cake very much the noun is countable. This is because I am referring to it as a singular noun, a specific cake.

Hi Miryiam, 

All your answers are perfect English. 

The only ones to highlight are:

I like cakes very much - I like cake very much (in this sentence it is not necessary to change cake into the plural) 

You speak English very well - You speak good English (both sentences are correct)

Thank you everyone for your interesting comments!