Noun
sponge cake (countable and uncountable, plural sponge cakes)
A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to that of a sea sponge.
I made a sponge cake the other day. It was a disaster: I forgot the baking powder! It didn't rise!
Hyponyms: Victoria sponge, genoise
I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes. Anna Chancellor
[Of a recipe for Chilli Con Carne] English people may like to substitute a sponge cake at this point. (Series 1, Episode 6) Linda Smith
You can freeze a nice sponge cake and then have a strawberry shortcake any time. Lidia Bastianich
An angel food cake is a white sponge cake that uses only the whites of the eggs and is traditionally baked in a tube pan. Source: Internet
Also called tipsy cake, it is usually made of sherry-soaked sponge cake with custard and often jam, decorated with cream and sometimes fruit; however, recipes go back to the 16th century with many variations…” Source: Internet
Carnival food includes perlini (multi-coloured, sugar-coated almonds) and the prinjolata, which is a towering assembly of sponge cake, biscuits, almonds, and citrus fruits, topped with cream and pine nuts. Source: Internet