It is, indeed, a word originating from the English "cake." Of course, it is correct to use it, for reasons including that it does not mean exactly the same thing as "pastel" or "bizcocho," terms you consider synonymous. "Queque" in the Spanish of the Canary Islands, according to the *Diccionario básico de canarismos* (Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms) from the Canary Islands Academy of Language, refers to a "Dough made from flour, eggs, butter, and sugar, with raisins and almonds, which is made in different shapes and sizes and baked." In other islands, it refers to a similar pastry, although without raisins or almonds, or even to a type of hard biscuit that also contains oil and aniseed.
Our words
empajarse
1. prnl. To become completely and utterly full, particularly from food. They stuffed themselves, because they arrived at the moment the chops were being roasted.2. prnl. Or. To obtain a large profit from some business or enterprise. The owners of those lands got rich selling all the plots they had at gold prices.3. prnl. GC. To turn out very favorably for someone, to be saved, to be lucky. I got lucky because I sold the house for more than I thought.
Information on the localization of voices and meanings
Fv: Fuerteventura
GC: Gran Canaria
Go: La Gomera
Hi: El Hierro
LP: La Palma
Lz: Lanzarote
Occ: Western Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro)
Or: Eastern Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria)
Tf: Tenerife