YOU SAID:
This is a peice of cake
INTO JAPANESE
これはケーキのようなものです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
this is like a cake
INTO JAPANESE
これはケーキのようです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
this looks like a cake
INTO JAPANESE
これはケーキのようです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
this looks like a cake
That didn't even make that much sense in English.