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  • noun An airy type of cake.

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Examples

  • Laura, did you use the crunchy italian ladyfingers or the soft spongecake-like ones?

    Blueberry Lemon Tiramisu Trifle Laura 2009

  • While taking small bites—the only kinds she allows herself—of the teff almond cake and the teff spongecake, which emerged smelling like fresh-milled wheat, she began to see possibilities for the grain in her gluten-free book.

    It's All About Hitting the Sweet Spot Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • If you still have room for dessert, the Amalfi Coast spongecake with lemon cream may make you wish you were somewhere more like the Italian shoreline than, say, the frigid streets of Washington.

    Restaurant Week's extended course Post 2011

  • I want to make a teff spongecake, she said, popping up from her chair to make the cake.

    It's All About Hitting the Sweet Spot Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • I always hold the cob on the inner ring of a Bundt cake pan or spongecake pan.

    Hints From Heloise 2010

  • A blueberry oreo cheesecake - his request cheesecake's his favourite& and a lemon spongecake - for some who do not like cheese.

    Chemistry & Cooking Taitauwai 2008

  • "Lord grant us the illumined spongecake of redemption"

    [Jose] Oswald de [Souza] Andrade greenintegerblog 2008

  • I used this recipe for the spongecake - which made exactly one pan of cakes - how perfect!

    Archive 2007-03-01 Katie Khoury 2007

  • Technorati Tags:strawberry shartcake, spongecake, basket pan, sur la table

    Strawberry Shortcake Baskets Katie Khoury 2007

  • I used this recipe for the spongecake - which made exactly one pan of cakes - how perfect!

    Strawberry Shortcake Baskets Katie Khoury 2007

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  • a light, airy cake

    August 1, 2009