sponge cake
noun
1.
a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
Origin
1795-1805
Examples from the web for
sponge cake
Sauté circular pieces of
sponge cake
in butter until delicately browned.
The foundation is a homemade
sponge cake
, which soaks up all the flavors of the custard without getting mushy.
Quality requirement for a
sponge cake
and soft biscuit.
sponge cake
volumes were inconsistent throughout testing with no clearly apparent trends.
British Dictionary definitions for
sponge cake
sponge cake
noun
1.
a light porous cake, made of eggs, sugar, flour, and flavourings traditionally without any fat