Victoria sponge
Victoria sponge noun: a type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle.
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Noun
Victoria sponge (countable and uncountable, plural Victoria sponges)
- A type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle.
- We were told that the auditorium could actually hold seven hundred, but that the caterers could only provide enough scones, Maid of Honour tarts and Victoria sponges for the smaller number.2003, Guy Hunting, Adventures of a Gentleman’s Gentleman: The Queen, Noel Coward and I, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 254
- Out for a cuppa and a slice of Victoria sponge in an old-fashioned tea-shop, a little light shopping at Bert's Homestore and home in time for the husband's triumphant return from the mysterious world of earning one's own living and a fix of The Great British Bake Off.2012 September 15, Julie Burchill, “When people romanticise the past, they're making a fetish of hardship”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...
Synonyms of Victoria sponge
Forms of Victoria sponge
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Origin of Victoria sponge
After Queen Victoria, who preferred this cake with her afternoon tea.
Questions about Victoria sponge
- What does Victoria sponge mean?
- Victoria sponge means a type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle.
- What part of speech is Victoria sponge?
- Victoria sponge is a noun.
- What is the plural of Victoria sponge?
- The plural of Victoria sponge is Victoria sponges.
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