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Sponge cake

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, sponge cake means: A light cake whose structure relies heavily on air incorporated into eggs or the mixture.

In Turkish: pandispanya türü hafif kek

How it is used

The category includes several methods; some versions also use raising ingredients.

Example sentences

  1. The sponge cake formed the light layers of the dessert.

    The airy cake supplies structure without a dense crumb.

  2. She brushed syrup onto the sponge cake before filling it.

    The baked cake acts as a base for further assembly.

Common collocations

  • sponge cake layers
  • light sponge cake
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • whiskA tool made of loops of wire on a handle, used to beat air into eggs and cream or to mix sauces smoothly. As a verb, to whisk means to beat with this tool.

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