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Definition 2024

sponge_cake

sponge cake

See also: spongecake

English

Noun

sponge cake ‎(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.
I made a sponge cake the other day. It was a disaster: I forgot the baking powder! It didn't rise!

Translations

type of cake

Catalan: pa de pessic m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 海綿蛋糕, 海绵蛋糕 ‎(hoi² min⁴ daan⁶ gou¹)

Mandarin: 海綿蛋糕, 海绵蛋糕 ‎(hǎimián dàngāo)
Finnish: sokerikakku
German: Biskuit (de) n, Biskuitkuchen m
Greek: παντεσπάνι (el) n ‎(pantespáni)
Italian: pan di spagna m
Japanese: スポンジケーキ ‎(suponji kēki)

Macedonian: пандишпа́н m ‎(pandišpán)
Persian: کیک اسفنجی (fa) ‎(keyk-e esfanji)
Polish: biszkopt (pl) m
Portuguese: pão de ló m
Russian: бискви́т (ru) m ‎(biskvít)
Spanish: bizcocho (es) m
Swedish: sockerkaka c
Turkish: pandispanya (tr)

See also

Victoria sponge