Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very light sweet cake made of flour, eggs, and sugar, flavored with lemon: so called from its light, spongy substance.
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Examples
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Jean Cazals for The Wall Street Journal Cakes are created in the style of Stella McCartney (polka-dot sponge-cake dress), Valentino (orange and ginger clutch cake, with chocolate bow) and Miu Miu (a spicy biscuit shaped as a high heel).
Standing on Ceremony 2011
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Guests are treated to a silver cake stand containing a collection of small, intricate cakes created in the style of Stella McCartney (polka-dot sponge-cake dress), Valentino (orange and ginger clutch cake, with chocolate bow) and Miu Miu (a spicy biscuit shaped as a high heel).
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I adored those soggy, syrupy messy sponge-cake cups, but more than anything, I loved the whipped cream.
Long days, strawberry shortcake nights | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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The packaged sponge-cake kind never satisfied as the juice and cream turned the cakes into a soggy mush; you need the heft of a biscuit to carry the weight.
Archive 2008-06-01 Homesick Texan 2008
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The packaged sponge-cake kind never satisfied as the juice and cream turned the cakes into a soggy mush; you need the heft of a biscuit to carry the weight.
Long days, strawberry shortcake nights | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Inside she found, nicely wrapped in white papers, a ham sandwich, a piece of sponge-cake, a pickle, a slice of new cheese and an apple.
Magical Thinking Heather McDougal 2007
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Inside she found, nicely wrapped in white papers, a ham sandwich, a piece of sponge-cake, a pickle, a slice of new cheese and an apple.
Archive 2007-04-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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Sweeting was, indeed, her own favourite: she endeavoured to respect Messrs. Malone and Donne; but the slices of sponge-cake, and glasses of cowslip or primrose wine, she had at different times administered to Sweeting when he came to see her in her little cottage, were ever offered with sentiments of truly motherly regard.
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One, called mogametsa, is a bean with a little pulp round it, which tastes like sponge-cake; another, named mawa, grows abundantly on a low bush.
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And, red with heat and pride, Polly drew a great golden-crusted, blown-up sponge-cake along the oven shelf.
Australia Felix 2003
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