German cake heartlessly pinched (6)
I believe the answer is:
stolen
'pinched' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'german cake heartlessly' is the wordplay.
'german cake' becomes 'stollen' (I've seen this in another clue).
'heartlessly' means to remove the middle letters.
'stollen' with its middle removed is 'STOLEN'.
(Other definitions for stolen that I've seen before include "Nicked" , "subject to plagiarism" , "Robbed" , "Misappropriated; hot" , "Snatched" .)