Eg, the star is “some beefcake with pecs that…”, so beefcake is a noun, I think in this case the movie star IS, not (norm of) the star…. It has the same use as the word “man” or “dude” or “hunk”.

When did you start writing The original writings a bit odd and why? “Without exception (the star) is beefcake (their signature soft cheese) that makes Ben Hur’s sound big. “If

you wanted to use beefcake as a verb, you could use beefcake or beefcaking, as in “hey, look at that loser over there trying to beefcake 500 lb barbells?” Wheres that dude in the backyard beefcaking the 500lb barbells? I want my male friend to be beefcakey. He is a beast. Oh, my! ”

These aren’t typical usage (usually a noun), but with a word like beefcake (which I think may have been invented in a South Park episode ) I’m pretty sure you don’t need to worry too much about typical usage. At least not in speech or informal writing.