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sponge cakes

sponge cakes is the plural of sponge cake.

Meaning of sponge cake

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.

Questions about sponge cakes

What is sponge cakes the plural of?
Sponge cakes is the plural of sponge cake.

Words near sponge cakes in the dictionary

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