Kake is a first-class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 710 at the 2000 census and 557 as of the 2010 census. The name (pronounced just like English cake) comes from the Tlingit word Ḵéix̱' (Northern Tlingit) or Ḵéex̱' (Southern Tlingit), which is derived from ḵée “dawn, daylight” and x̱ʼé “mouth”, i.e.