Piece of Cake

Something easily accomplished, as in I had no trouble finding your house--a piece of cake. This expression originated in the Royal Air Force in the late 1930s for an easy mission, and the precise reference is as mysterious as that of the simile easy as pie. Possibly it evokes the easy accomplishment of swallowing a slice of sweet dessert.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any undertaking that is easy to do
  Synonyms: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover

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In general usage the phrase piece of cake denotes a task that can be done easily, without much or any effort.

Piece of Cake may also refer to:

• Piece of Cake (album), the 3rd album by Seattle band Mudhoney
• Piece of Cake (novel), a 1983 novel by Derek Robinson about a Royal Air Force fighter squadron during the first years of World War II
• Piece of Cake (TV series), a six-part television series made in 1988, based on Robinson's book
• Piece of Cake (Rugrats episode)

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