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sponge cake
n.
A very light, porous cake made of flour, sugar, beaten eggs, and flavoring and containing no shortening.
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sponge cake
n
(Cookery) a light porous cake, made of eggs, sugar, flour, and flavourings traditionally without any fat
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sponge′ cake`
n.
a light, sweet cake containing eggs but no shortening.
[1795–1805]
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| Noun | 1. |  sponge cake - a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shorteningcake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat angel cake, angel food cake - a light sponge cake made without egg yolks jellyroll, Swiss roll - thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake Madeira cake, Madeira sponge - a rich sponge cake with close texture; intended to be eaten with a glass of Madeira wine Twinkie - a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling |
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Translations
piškotpiškotový moučník
sukkerbrødskage
sokerikakku
biskvit
piskótatészta
svampkaka
スポンジケーキ
카스텔라
biskvit
sockerkakasockerkaksbotten
เค้กที่ฟู
bánh xốp
sponge
(spandʒ) noun1. a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.
2. a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.
3. a sponge pudding or cake. We had jam sponge for dessert.
4. an act of wiping etc with a sponge. Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?
verb1. to wipe or clean with a sponge. She sponged the child's face.
2. to get a living, money etc (from someone else). He's been sponging off/on us for years.
ˈsponger noun a person who lives by sponging on others.
ˈspongy adjective soft and springy or holding water like a sponge. spongy ground.
ˈspongily adverbˈsponginess noun
sponge cake, sponge pudding
(a) very light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs and sugar etc.
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sponge cake
→ كَعْكَةٌ إسْفِنْجِيَةٌ piškotový moučník sukkerbrødskage Biskuit μαλακό κέικ bizcocho sokerikakku génoise biskvit pan di Spagna スポンジケーキ 카스텔라 gebak sukkerbrød biszkopt pão-de-ló бисквит sockerkaksbotten เค้กที่ฟู pandispanya bánh xốp 松软蛋糕Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009