Badly loses race to make baked dish (9)
I believe the answer is:
casserole
'baked dish' is the definition.
'casserole' can be an answer for 'dish' (casserole is a kind of dish). I am unsure of the 'baked' bit.
'badly loses race' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'loses'+'race'='losesrace'
'losesrace' anagrammed gives 'CASSEROLE'.
'to make' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for casserole that I've seen before include "(Food cooked in a) stewpot" , "Large cooking dish" , "Meat dish" , "So cereals may be used for this oven-cooked covered dish" , "Cook slowly" .)