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sponge cake

sponge cake noun: 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.

Noun

sponge cake (countable and uncountable, plural sponge cakes)

  1. 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!
  2. (figuratively, informal, uncommon) Something that is simple or very easy.

sponge cake meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

sponge cake in Tamil

தேய்மானக்காரன்

sponge cake in Arabic

type of soft cake made from flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, with a spongy structure
كَعْكَة إسْفَنْجِيَّة

sponge cake in Indonesian

type of soft cake made from flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, with a spongy structure
kue sponge

sponge cake in Persian

type of soft cake made from flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, with a spongy structure
کیک اسفنجی keyk-e esfanji
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sponge cake in Thai
เค้กฟองน้ำ kéek fɔɔng-nám, สปันจ์เค้ก sà-bpan kéek, สาลี่ sǎa-lîi
sponge cake in Vietnamese
bánh bông lan

Forms of sponge cake

pluralsponge cakes
alternative formspongecake

Questions about sponge cake

What does sponge cake mean?
Sponge cake means 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.
What is sponge cake in Tamil?
Sponge cake in Tamil is தேய்மானக்காரன். See Sponge cake meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sponge cake?
Sponge cake is a noun.
What is the plural of sponge cake?
The plural of sponge cake is sponge cakes.

Words near sponge cake in the dictionary

  1. sponge bath
  2. sponge baths
  3. sponge bomb
  4. sponge brush
  5. sponge brushes
  6. sponge cake
  7. sponge cakes
  8. sponge cities
  9. sponge city
  10. sponge cloth
  11. sponge construction

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