sponge caken.

Etymology: sponge n.¹

A very light sweet cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar. Also figurative.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > sponge-cake

Savoy cake?1750

sponge cake1808

muffin1835

Madeira cake1845

Victoria sandwich1861

angels' food1865

marble cake1871

sponge1877

angel cake1878

angel food cake1878

layer cake1882

sponge sandwich1884

Lady Baltimore cake1889

sand cake1892

sandwich cake1911

Victoria sponge1934

red velvet1951

1808 J. Austen Let. 17 June (1995) 128 You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 269 A hot jelly, and one modest sponge cake.

1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 24 Mar. 514 I cannot dine on stale sponge-cakes that turn to sand in the mouth.

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time 97 He returned..with a bottle of lemonade..and two sponge-cakes in a bag.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xiv. 364 Naturalistic optimism is mere syllabub and flattery and sponge-cake in comparison.

1909 W. S. Churchill Let. 15 Sept. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. xii. 911 It appears to me to belong to the whipped cream and sponge cake style of painting.

attributive.1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 565 Have buttered a large sponge-cake mould.1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 9 Some nice soup and a spongecake-pudding.

Derivatives

ˈsponge-cakey adj.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [adjective] > sponge-cake

sponge-cakey1858

1858 E. C. Gaskell Let. 1 Oct. (1966) 897 Some little sponge-cakey puddings.

1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 15 I flung my sexual emotions into gear by imagining sponge-cakey vulvas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sponge cake
释义	sponge caken. Etymology: sponge n.¹ A very light sweet cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > sponge-cake Savoy cake?1750 sponge cake1808 muffin1835 Madeira cake1845 Victoria sandwich1861 angels' food1865 marble cake1871 sponge1877 angel cake1878 angel food cake1878 layer cake1882 sponge sandwich1884 Lady Baltimore cake1889 sand cake1892 sandwich cake1911 Victoria sponge1934 red velvet1951 1808 J. Austen Let. 17 June (1995) 128 You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 269 A hot jelly, and one modest sponge cake. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 24 Mar. 514 I cannot dine on stale sponge-cakes that turn to sand in the mouth. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time 97 He returned..with a bottle of lemonade..and two sponge-cakes in a bag. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xiv. 364 Naturalistic optimism is mere syllabub and flattery and sponge-cake in comparison. 1909 W. S. Churchill Let. 15 Sept. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. xii. 911 It appears to me to belong to the whipped cream and sponge cake style of painting. attributive.1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 565 Have buttered a large sponge-cake mould.1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 9 Some nice soup and a spongecake-pudding. Derivatives ˈsponge-cakey adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [adjective] > sponge-cake sponge-cakey1858 1858 E. C. Gaskell Let. 1 Oct. (1966) 897 Some little sponge-cakey puddings. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 15 I flung my sexual emotions into gear by imagining sponge-cakey vulvas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1808
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