diff --git a/GROUPS.md b/GROUPS.md
index 6926fb3f48..07995e8a1d 100644
--- a/GROUPS.md
+++ b/GROUPS.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Please read <http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Breaking> to learn how digging times
 * `soil_nether_wart=1`: Nether wart will grow on this
 * `disable_suffocation=1`: Disables suffocation for full solid cubes (1)
 * `destroys_items=1`: If an item happens to be *inside* this node, the item will be destroyed
+* `no_eat_delay=1`: Only for foodstuffs. When eating this, all eating delays are ignored.
 
 #### Footnotes
 
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cake/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cake/init.lua
index fc0ac015ab..d5149fc268 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cake/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cake/init.lua
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_cake:cake", {
 		fixed = full_cake
 	},
 	stack_max = 1,
-	groups = {handy=1, cake=7, food=2,attached_node=1, dig_by_piston=1},
+	groups = {handy=1, cake=7, food=2,no_eat_delay=1, attached_node=1, dig_by_piston=1},
 	drop = '',
 	on_rightclick = function(pos, node, clicker, itemstack)
 		minetest.do_item_eat(2, ItemStack("mcl_cake:cake_6"), ItemStack("mcl_cake:cake"), clicker, {type="nothing"})
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ local register_slice = function(level, nodebox, desc)
 			type = "fixed",
 			fixed = nodebox,
 			},
-		groups = {handy=1, cake=level, food=2,attached_node=1,not_in_creative_inventory=1,dig_by_piston=1},
+		groups = {handy=1, cake=level, food=2,no_eat_delay=1,attached_node=1,not_in_creative_inventory=1,dig_by_piston=1},
 		drop = '',
 		on_rightclick = on_rightclick,
 		sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_leaves_defaults(),
diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua
index 0e76b0d8f2..911c9545d1 100644
--- a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua
+++ b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ core.do_item_eat = function(hp_change, replace_with_item, itemstack, user, point
 
 	local name = user:get_player_name()
 
-	-- Allow eating only after a delay of 2 seconds.
-	-- This prevents eating as an excessive speed.
-	-- Yes, os.time() is not a precise timer but it is good enough for our purposes.
+	-- Special foodstuffs like the cake may disable the eating delay
+	local no_eat_delay = minetest.get_item_group(itemstack:get_name(), "no_eat_delay") == 1
+
+	-- Allow eating only after a delay of 2 seconds. This prevents eating as an excessive speed.
+	-- FIXME: time() is not a precise timer, so the actual delay may be +- 1 second, depending on which fraction
+	-- of the second the player made the first eat.
 	-- FIXME: In singleplayer, there's a cheat to circumvent this, simply by pausing the game between eats.
 	-- This is because os.time() obviously does not care about the pause. A fix needs a different timer mechanism.
-	if (mcl_hunger.last_eat[name] < 0) or (os.difftime(os.time(), mcl_hunger.last_eat[name]) >= 2)  then
+	if no_eat_delay or (mcl_hunger.last_eat[name] < 0) or (os.difftime(os.time(), mcl_hunger.last_eat[name]) >= 2)  then
 		itemstack = mcl_hunger.eat(hp_change, replace_with_item, itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
 		for _, callback in pairs(core.registered_on_item_eats) do
 			local result = callback(hp_change, replace_with_item, itemstack, user, pointed_thing, old_itemstack)