sponge cake

noun

: a light cake made without shortening

Examples of sponge cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The technical is to make a vegan chocolate sponge cake and ganache with frosting that seems like it is made out of the leftover slime from a kindergartner’s slumber party. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Bountiful seafood pastas are the specialty, but do save some space here or elsewhere for a dessert of po’e, a sweet, dense sponge cake made from mashed ripe bananas. — Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026

The couple cut a vanilla sponge cake decorated with pink roses and, come evening, drank espresso martinis all night long. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

Aldrich’s signature desserts include Opera Cake, a French patisserie cake made with layers of almond sponge cake (Jaconde) soaked in coffee syrup with layers of coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache; carrot cake; and Key Lime Pie. — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sponge cake

• overtake
• rattlesnake
• shiitake
• undertake
• wapentake
• ache
• ake
• bake
• brake
• break
• craik
• crake

Kids Definition

sponge cake

noun

: a light cake made without shortening