sponge cake

Fatless whipped confection

Sponge cake is a light, airy cake made with flour, sugar, and eggs, leavened primarily by the air beaten into the eggs rather than by baking powder or soda.

The texture is soft and springy—sponge-like.

It serves as a base for layered cakes, trifles, and ladyfingers: She soaked the sponge cake in rum for the tiramisu.

Opposites
texture and density

sponge cakepound cake

Dense buttery loaf dessert

fruitcake · cheesecake · mud cake · brownie · fudge cake

fat content and richness

sponge cakebutter cake

Dense baked good, dairy-rich

pound cake · German chocolate cake · opera cake · devil's food cake · molten lava cake

moisture and structure

sponge cakemolten lava cake

Cake with runny interior

sticky toffee pudding · bread pudding · tres leches cake · fudge brownie · gooey butter cake

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G