Definition of sponge cake
: a light cake made without shortening
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The Cubana chocolate sponge cake is made with Chantilly cream and rum.
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Make a sponge cake with actual sponges but use real frosting.
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Make a sponge cake with actual sponges but use real frosting.
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Mercat a la Planxa: Specials will include lamb paella with bomba rice, paella d’ mariscos with scallops and clams, roasted leg of lamb, sponge cake filled with cream and chocolate fondant on mocha ice cream.
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The ingredients to make carioca are chocolate, nuts, sponge cake and glaze.
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People love that show, and that's just a bunch of nice British people making sponge cake in a tent!
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There’s no more wasting away in Margaritaville for Jimmy Buffett—and no nibblin’ on sponge cake for that matter, either.
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Atlas: Enjoy a four-course, prix fixe menu for $150 created just for the occasion and inclusive of an all-you-need-is-love dessert of chocolate cremeux, passion fruit coulis, passion fruit whipped ganache, raspberry Sable and pistachio sponge cake.
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First Known Use of sponge cake
1805
SPONGE CAKE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of sponge cake for English Language Learners
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: a very light cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar
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