Meaning of Victoria sponge | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“We were told that the auditorium could actually hold seven hundred, but that the caterers could only provide enough scones, Maid of Honour tarts and Victoria sponges for the smaller number.”

“Out for a cuppa and a slice of Victoria sponge in an old-fashioned tea-shop, a little light shopping at Bert's Homestore and home in time for the husband's triumphant return from the mysterious world of earning one's own living and a fix of The Great British Bake Off.”

“While the contestants grind away under the clock at their Victoria sponges and poached pear puddings in an idyllic Somerset setting, hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins inquire winkingly about the erectness of a biscuit or the appropriate length for a profiterole.”

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