sponge cake

sponge cake
noun
a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening
Hypernyms: ↑cake
Hyponyms:

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noun
: a cake made without shortening — distinguished from butter cake

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a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
[1795-1805]

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sponge cake noun
A very light sweet cake of flour, eggs, and sugar
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Main Entry:sponge

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sponge cake UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular sponge cake plural sponge cakes]
a very light type of cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar
Thesaurus: cakes and biscuitshyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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sponge cake, or sponge|cake «SPUHNJ KAYK», noun.
a light, spongy cake made with eggs, sugar, and flour, but no shortening.

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['spənj ˌkāk]
n. a very light sweet cake of spongelike consistency, made with little or no fat

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noun, pl ⋯ cakes
: a very light cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar
[count]

a lemon sponge cake

[noncount]

layers of sponge cake

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ˈsponge cake [sponge cake] (also sponge) noun countable, uncountable (BrE)
a light cake made from eggs, sugar and flour, with or without fat
See also:sponge

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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