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When I want to say that something is too quick, just as an example, I can
simply say

> 速すぎる。

However, I don't quite know how I could express sentences with "too"
adverbially, such as in "I became sick because I ate the cake too quickly".

I came up with these two translations for the example above:

>   1. ケーキの食べ方が速すぎて病気になってしまいました。
>   2. ケーキを食べるのが速すぎて病気になってしまいました。
>

Do these convey the intented meaning? What would be more natural alternatives?
And lastly, and I'm sorry for straying a little bit away from the original
question here: Is 病気になる a natural way to say "become sick" in this case?
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How to say "too quickly", "too recklessly" etc
Your sentences are grammatical and natural-sounding (except for the use of
「病気になる」, which I will come back to later).

We say:

> 「Action A + の + が + 速{はや}すぎて + Action B」 ← The 「の」 is a nominalizer.

> 「Action A + 方{かた} + が + 速{はや}すぎて + Action B」 ← Use the continuative form for
> the verb in Action A -- 食べ方、歩き方、話し方、やり方, etc.

> 「Action A + の/方 + が + 速すぎる/すぎた + ため（に） + Action B」

Your two sentences are good because you used the first two of the three
patterns above.

The mistake I occasionally see in Japanese-learners trying to express this is
where they directly translate from English and end up saying it like:

・「速すぎて食べる」

・「速すぎる食べる」

Those sound highly unnatural and ungrammatical. **In Japanese, you cannot use
「速すぎる・速すぎて」 to directly modify a verb the same way you can use "too quickly"
to modify a verb in English**.

Finally, regarding 「病気になる」. This phrase sounds far more serious than the
English "to become or feel sick" for eating something too quickly. 「病気になる」
means none other than "to incur a disease".

The verb phrase that would fit in your sentences much better would be
「（気持{きも}ち / 気分{きぶん}）が悪{わる}くなる」.
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