Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A delicate buttery sponge cake.

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  • noun classic European sponge cake named after the city of Genoa

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  • noun rich and delicate Italian sponge cake

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from feminine of genois, Genoese, after Genoa.]

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Examples

  • You can use any type of batter such as genoise, meringue, chocolate sponge, etc. etc., and fillings, icings, and decorations as you like, and any size from regular to miniature.

    Announcing Sugar High Fridays #50: Rolled Cakes « Baking History 2008

  • You can use any type of batter such as genoise, meringue, chocolate sponge, etc. etc., and fillings, icings, and decorations as you like, and any size from regular to miniature.

    2008 December « Baking History 2008

  • Triple layer chocolate genoise cake soaked with brandy syrup, filled with a mocha swiss meringue buttercream with piped buttercream kisses and "mocha" written across in chocolate using a cornet.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Melissa 2009

  • Triple layer chocolate genoise cake soaked with brandy syrup, filled with a mocha swiss meringue buttercream with piped buttercream kisses and "mocha" written across in chocolate using a cornet.

    CAKES GALORE Melissa 2009

  • Pastry shops are filled with delicate beauties, light-as-air genoise or flakey pastry sandwiching rich, luxurious creams and custards, smothered under glazes and ganaches or tiny glasses filled with something creamy, something fruity, intriguing layers of textures and flavors, complicated in the making and most complicated in the eating.

    Jamie Schler: When Simple Banana Bread Becomes Exotic (a recipe) Jamie Schler 2010

  • A genoise cake made, as noted, with sorghum flour.

    It's All About Hitting the Sweet Spot Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • Her signature cake was an ornate arrangement of crafted flowers springing out of a cake vase, edible gladioli, roses, delphiniums, flowing ivy held by a genoise urn.

    Act of Creation J.A. Pak 2011

  • The next best is a classic genoise, which even in the most skilled hands is a little dryish, which is why it's often drenched (happily) in rum.

    Why Fancy Cakes Can Taste So Crummy 2010

  • And for dessert, the much awaited chocolate chestnut Bûche de Noël, the Yuletide Log, is proudly placed upon the table, a moist genoise cake rolled up, filled and iced with rich buttercream and decorated like a branch or log lying on the forest floor, a playground for elves and whimsical forest creatures.

    Jamie Schler: Chocolate Chestnut Charlotte For The Holidays Jamie Schler 2010

  • And for dessert, the much awaited chocolate chestnut Bûche de Noël, the Yuletide Log, is proudly placed upon the table, a moist genoise cake rolled up, filled and iced with rich buttercream and decorated like a branch or log lying on the forest floor, a playground for elves and whimsical forest creatures.

    Jamie Schler: Chocolate Chestnut Charlotte For The Holidays Jamie Schler 2010

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