If something is a cakewalk, it is very easy to do, or a win that takes almost no effort. “The test was a cakewalk.” “They won in a cakewalk.” It is informal. The name is cake + walk, but the meaning is not about walking on cake.

If something is a cakewalk如果一件事是cakewalk，it is very easy to do就是很容易做到的意思，or a win that takes almost no effort或是贏得幾乎不費力氣。"The test was a cakewalk."這次考試小菜一碟"They won in a cakewalk."他們輕輕鬆鬆就贏了。It is informal這是口語用法。The name is cake + walk這個字是cake加walk組成的，but the meaning is not about walking on cake但意思跟真的走在蛋糕上無關。

It comes from an African-American dance that grew after the American Civil War (and had an earlier life on plantations): a proud, high-stepping dance that copied, and made fun of, fancy ballroom dancing. The best dancers often received cake as a prize. Slaveowners treated the contests as entertainment, and the habit of offering cake may start there.

It comes from an African-American dance它源自一種非裔美國人的舞蹈，that grew after the American Civil War在美國內戰後開始流行，and had an earlier life on plantations更早以前也曾出現在農場上：a proud, high-stepping dance那是一種昂首闊步、帶點驕傲的舞步，that copied, and made fun of, fancy ballroom dancing模仿並調侃了華麗的交際舞。The best dancers often received cake as a prize跳得最好的人常常會拿到蛋糕當獎品。Slaveowners treated the contests as entertainment蓄奴主把這些比賽當成娛樂，and the habit of offering cake may start there送蛋糕的習慣可能就是從這裡開始的。

Because taking the prize could look easy and showy, cakewalk later came to mean “something easy”. The dance itself sat inside a cruel history, so the bright modern meaning sits on top of something much harder.

Because taking the prize could look easy and showy因為拿獎看起來輕鬆又炫，cakewalk later came to mean "something easy"後來cakewalk就演變成"something easy"很輕鬆的事的意思。The dance itself sat inside a cruel history這個舞蹈本身背負著一段殘酷的歷史，so the bright modern meaning sits on top of something much harder所以現在這個明亮的意思，其實建立在更沉重的東西上面。

In ordinary talk now, cakewalk almost always means “easy”; the dance sense lives on mainly in history and music writing.

In ordinary talk now在現在的日常對話裡，cakewalk almost always means "easy"cakewalk幾乎都是"easy"輕鬆的意思；the dance sense lives on mainly in history and music writing舞蹈的意思主要留在歷史和音樂寫作裡。