YOU SAID:
I ate the hamburger like a piece of cake.
INTO JAPANESE
私はケーキのようにハンバーガーを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a hamburger like a cake.
INTO JAPANESE
私はケーキのようにハンバーガーを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a hamburger like a cake.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.