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For dessert, guests will be able to order festive specials such as a Valentine’s Heart made of chocolate sponge cake with passion fruit and strawberry jam or a Chocolate Biscuit with hazelnut coffee praline and dark chocolate.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
By comparison, other popular cake varieties at the time, such as sponge cake or pound cake, have denser textures and a more structured crumb.
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Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
Made of sponge cake to resemble an actual Yule log, this delectable dessert is similar to a Swiss roll on the inside to resemble the rings of a tree.
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Jeanne Lyons Davis, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Indulge in a lemon soufflé or a coffee mascarpone sponge cake.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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“Sponge cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sponge%20cake. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
sponge cake
noun
: a light cake made without shortening
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