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Meaning of sponge cake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to that of a sea sponge.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Something that is simple or very easy.
    countable, figuratively, informal, uncommon, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية كَعْكَة إسْفَنْجِيَّة
Български пандишпан
Bosanski бисквит кекс
Català bescuit pa de pessic
Čeština piškotový
Deutsch Biskuit Biskuitkuchen Biskuitmasse
Ελληνικά παντεσπάνι
Español bizcocho
Eesti keeks
Suomi sokerikakku
Français génoise sponge cake
Galego bica biscoito
Hrvatski бисквит кекс
Magyar piskóta
Italiano pan di Spagna pandispagna
日本語 スポンジケーキ スポンジ生地
한국어 스펀지 케이크
Lietuvių biskvitas
Македонски пандишпан
Nederlands biscuitgebak
Polski biskwit biszkopt biszkoptowy
Português bolo esponjoso pão de ló
Română chec pandișpan
Русский бисквит
Српски бисквит кекс
Svenska sockerkaka
ไทย สาลี่
Türkçe pandispanya
Українська кекс
Tiếng Việt bánh bông lan

Examples

“I made a sponge cake the other day. It was a disaster: I forgot the baking powder! It didn't rise!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sponge city sponge cloth sponge construction sponge crab sponge down sponge function

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