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spongecake

spongecake is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of spongecake

pluralspongecakes

Phrases with spongecake

Questions about spongecake

What is spongecake the alternative spelling of?
Spongecake is the alternative spelling of sponge cake.

Words near spongecake in the dictionary

  1. spongeable
  2. spongebag
  3. spongebag pants
  4. spongebag trousers
  5. spongebags
  6. spongecake
  7. spongecakes
  8. spongecase
  9. sponged
  10. sponged down
  11. sponged out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spongecake (page history and authors); sponge cake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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