1. Somebody really ripped and muscular. Usu. male.
2. Used ironically to describe somebody extremely overweight. Popularized by an early episode of South Park in which Cartman drinks weight gain formula and gets really huge.
3. A cake made of meat. Almost always beef.

Term used to refer to buff/ripped males. Beefcakes are usually good-looking and enjoy displaying their muscles to the masses.

A large and muscular man who enjoys hockey, football, and other sports. He also enjoys eating. The typical beefcake is not the sharpest tool in the shed, in fact he is rather dumb.

A male, usually college-age, who is considered to be buff because he has freakishly huge muscles, plays a lot of sports, and is more often than not very tanned. Many women, especially those who might be referred to as bimboes, find beefcakes attractive, but they fail to realize that beefcakes' brains are contained in their biceps. Beefcakes can be found at college football games, gyms, and if they are comfortable with exposing themselves in such manners, Chippendales.

The male equivalent of Cheesecake in the pinup sense. Pictures of mildly clothed attractive men, frequently more buff and muscular rather than bishonen or prettyboy looks. Walking shirtless scenes can also fall into this category. Frequently fashion photo-shoots subjected to making porn out of coconuts, can be made into this. Firefighter calenders are a more culturally acceptable form.

Beefcake - From the genus species - homo-beefcakius
A University of Maryland - College Park graduate with a degree in douchebaggery. Beefcakes are known for spending time at the gym. It is widely known that they need to beef up to overcompensate for their small genitalia. Beefcakes typically still live at home with their parents because they lack the social skills to make real friends. Beefcakes are generally associated with Trixies. See also douchebag and Trixie.

a grade A piece of beef, and a nice cake, together these two words mean only good things!
it is a common term for women to call men a beefcake when they think that the person in good looking or buff or someone who they are attracted to!