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Type of cake
Sponge cake is a light cake made with egg whites, flour and sugar, sometimes leavened with baking powder. Some sponge cakes do not contain egg yolks,
Sponge_cake
Chinese dessert cake
Malay sponge cake is a dessert cake popular in Guangdong and Hong Kong, where it is usually served at traditional teahouses. The cake is made of lard
Malay_sponge_cake
Flour-based baked sweet
Egg-leavened sponge cakes are thought to be the oldest cakes made without yeast.[citation needed] Varieties include: Sponge cake (uses both egg whites
Cake
Small sponge cake with a distinctive shell-like shape
traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun, two communes of the Lorraine region in northeastern France. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive
Madeleine_(cake)
Traditional Filipino chiffon or sponge cake made with ube
Ube cake is a traditional Filipino chiffon cake or sponge cake made with ube halaya (mashed purple yam). It is distinctively vividly purple in color, like
Ube_cake
English dessert
Sticky toffee pudding is an English dessert consisting of a moist sponge cake covered in a toffee sauce, often served with a vanilla custard or vanilla
Sticky_toffee_pudding
Latin American sponge cake
bread') or simply tres leches (lit. 'three milks'), is a Latin American sponge cake soaked in evaporated milk, condensed milk and whole milk. It is often
Tres_leches_cake
Type of sponge cake
boudoirs (French: [budwaʁ]), are low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuits roughly shaped like large fingers. They are a principal ingredient
Ladyfingers_(biscuits)
Type of sponge cake
Angel food cake or angel cake is a type of sponge cake made with egg whites, sugar, and flour, and without oil, baking powder, and various other ingredients
Angel_food_cake
Chinese pastry
White sugar sponge cake (also called white sugar cake and white sugar pastry) is a type of Chinese pastry. It is made from rice flour, white sugar, water
White_sugar_sponge_cake
British snack food
layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange-flavoured jam, and a coating of chocolate. Each cake is 46 calories. Jaffa Cakes are also available
Jaffa_Cakes
French almond cake with chocolate and coffee fillings
Opera cake (French: Gâteau opéra) is a French cake. It is made with layers of almond sponge cake (known as Joconde in French) soaked in coffee syrup (or
Opera_cake
Sponge cake formed in a spiral roll, with different filling
States), roll cake, cream roll, roulade, Swiss log, swiss cake, or jam roll or sponge roll (Australia), is a type of rolled sponge cake filled with whipped
Swiss_roll
Filipino sponge cake
Flan cake, also known as leche flan cake or crème caramel cake, is a Filipino chiffon or sponge cake (mamón) baked with a layer of leche flan (crème caramel)
Flan_cake
German dessert
Fanta cake (German: Fantakuchen, pronounced [ˈfantaˌkuːxən]) is a cake of German origin. It is made with a sponge cake base. The primary ingredient is
Fanta_cake
British sponge cake
Battenburg cake is a light sponge cake with coloured sections held together with jam and covered in marzipan. In cross section, the cake has a distinctive
Battenberg_cake
French sponge cake named after the city of Genoa
spelled genoise in English), also known as Genoese cake or Genovese cake, is a French sponge cake named after the city of Genoa and associated with French
Genoise
Hungarian sponge cake
(Hungarian: dobostorta [ˈdoboʃtortɒ]), also known as Dobosh, is a Hungarian sponge cake layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with caramel. The layered
Dobos_torte
Australian cake
A lamington is an Australian cake made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated
Lamington
Baked cake flavored with chocolate
been published. Bariloche cake – Layered chocolate cake filled with dulce de leche Black Forest gateau – Chocolate sponge cake with a cherry filling, often
Chocolate_cake
Dessert with a crumbly scone-like texture, or a British biscuit, or a Chinese baked good
American-style strawberry shortcake with a sponge cake base Asian-style strawberry cake Asian-style strawberry cake British Shortcake biscuits Nangtong or
Shortcake
Cake made without egg yolks
White cake is a type of cake that is made without egg yolks. It was also once known as silver cake. White cakes can be butter cakes or sponge cakes. They
White_cake
Cake made from stacked layers of cake held together by filling
preserves. Most cake recipes can be adapted for layer cakes; butter cakes and sponge cakes are common choices. Frequently, the cake is covered with icing
Layer_cake
British dessert
A treacle sponge pudding is a traditional British dessert dish consisting of a steamed sponge cake with treacle cooked on top of it, sometimes also poured
Treacle_sponge_pudding
Currant-filled round shortcrust pastry
the required size. Sad cake is usually round but can be square. It was then cut into triangular sections similar to a sponge cake section and was a regular
Chorley_cake
Cakes made with apples
Apfelkuchen (sunken apple cake) is an apple cake that has apples halves, usually peeled and hasselbacked, sunk into the sponge cake batter. Apfelkuchen mit
Apple_cake
Rich, usually multilayered, cake
multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit. Tortes are commonly baked in a springform pan. Sponge cake is a common
Torte
Cake soaked in alcohol
A tipsy cake is a sweet dessert cake, made originally of "fresh sponge cakes soaked in good sherry and good brandy". The dish as prepared in England would
Tipsy_cake
Cake for a wedding
traditional wedding cake in Korea was a rice cake topped with a powder made from red beans, but now guests are likely to see a sponge cake and fresh fruit
Wedding_cake
Icebox cake
can be served hot or cold. It is also referred to as an "icebox cake". Bread, sponge cake, crumbs or biscuits/cookies are used to line a mold, which is
Charlotte_(cake)
Russian/Ukrainian layer cake
time, consists of layers of sponge cake with a cream filling and is often covered with nuts or crumbs made from leftover cake. While the thin layers harden
Medovik
Sponge cake with coffee and walnuts
Coffee and walnut cake is a sponge cake flavoured with coffee and walnuts. Although the cake's origins are uncertain, it may have been popularised by a
Coffee_and_walnut_cake
Cheese-based dessert
crushed cookies, digestive biscuits, graham crackers, pastry, or sometimes sponge cake. Cheesecake is known for its rich, creamy flavor and smooth texture.
Cheesecake
Dundee cake Eccles cake Fat rascal Jaffa Cakes Lardy cake Madeira cake Malt loaf Parkin Pink Wafer Pound cake Rock cake Simnel cake Sponge cake Strawberry
List_of_British_desserts
Chocolate cake
Sachertorte is a sponge cake that combines chocolate sponge, apricot jam, and a chocolate glaze. It was invented by the Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher
Sachertorte
Norwegian sponge cake baked with meringue, vanilla cream and almonds
cake (Norwegian: Kvæfjordkake), or Verdens beste (lit. 'the world's best'), is a sponge cake baked with meringue, vanilla cream and almonds. The cake
Kvæfjord_cake
Chocolate roll cake, sold by M&S
since it was introduced in 1990. Colin the Caterpillar is a chocolate sponge roll cake filled with chocolate buttercream and covered in a milk chocolate shell
Colin_the_Caterpillar
French strawberries-and-cream cake
The fraisier is a strawberry cake made of an almond sponge cake or meringue, pastry cream, and strawberries. The pastry is typically made during strawberry
Fraisier
American cake
developing it. Many variations of the Lane cake now exist, with three or more layers of white sponge cake, separated by a filling that typically includes
Lane_cake
Type of cake
chiffon cake is a light cake made with vegetable oil, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, and flavorings. Chiffon cakes (as well as angel food cake, sponge, and
Chiffon_cake
Traditional Swedish layer cake
Princess cake or princess torte (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a traditional Swedish layer cake or torte consisting of alternating layers of airy sponge cake, pastry
Princess_cake
Dessert
invented the dish in New York City in 1987. He recalled pulling a chocolate sponge cake from the oven before it was done and finding that the center was still
Molten_chocolate_cake
Japanese sponge cake
pronunciation) is a type of Japanese sponge cake and is known for its sweet, moist brioche-style flavour and texture. It is based on cakes introduced to Japan by Portuguese
Castella
Cake
with sponge cake batter. The usage of chocolate in the Rhein-Ruhr area in the twentieth century has now made this a common version of marble cake across
Marble_cake
Italian candy brand
Kinder Milk Slice – chocolate sponge cake that has a creamy, milky filling in the middle. Kinder Yogurt Slice – sponge cake that has yogurt cream inside
Kinder_(brand)
British sponge cake
Madeira cake is a sponge or butter cake in traditional English cookery. It is sometimes mistakenly thought to originate from the Madeira Islands but was
Madeira_cake
Type of dessert
recipe. In Puerto Rico, rum cake is called Bizcocho de Ron, and is a sponge cake, so as to absorb the rum. If fruit is added to it, it is fresh or dried
Rum_cake
Japanese banana-shaped snack cake
東京バナナ or 東京ばなな with the same pronunciation) is a Japanese banana-shaped sponge cake with a cream filling. It is a famous souvenir sweet of Tokyo and is manufactured
Tokyo_Banana
Moist, airy, rich chocolate layer cake
food cake, a light, airy sponge cake, which was popular in the late 19th century as the first recipes for devil's food cake were being published. With
Devil's_food_cake
Portuguese sponge cake
ˈlɔ]; plural: pães de ló) is a Portuguese sponge cake made of eggs, sugar, and wheat flour. Unlike other cakes or breads, yeast or baking powder is generally
Pão_de_Ló
Bavarian layer cake
usually seven, thin layers of sponge cake interlaid with chocolate buttercream, and a covering of a dark chocolate glaze. The cake is widely regarded as a specialty
Prinzregententorte
Layer cake
Luisa cake (Spanish: torta María Luisa) is a dessert found in Latin American cuisine. It is a type of layer cake, similar to the English Victoria sponge cake
Maria_Luisa_cake
Italian dessert
with layers of custard and sponge cake dipped in liqueur, perhaps derived from trifle. To make zuppa inglese, either sponge cake or ladyfingers are dipped
Zuppa_inglese
Traditional Christmas dessert
Spain, and Japan. Made of sponge cake, to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade. The cake emerged in the 19th century
Yule_log_(cake)
Hungarian chocolate cake
[ˈriɡoː ˈjɒnt͡ʃi]) is a traditional Hungarian cube-shaped chocolate sponge cake and chocolate cream pastry. It gained popularity in the former Austria-Hungary
Rigójancsi
Layered fruit dessert
English origin. The usual ingredients are a thin layer of ladyfingers or sponge cake soaked in sherry or another fortified wine, a fruit element (fresh or
Trifle
Dessert of cake, ice cream and meringue
ice cream and cake topped with browned meringue. The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish, lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding
Baked_Alaska
American sponge cake
Hot milk cake is a butter sponge cake from American cuisine. It can be made as a sheet cake or a layer cake, or baked in a tube pan. The hot milk and butter
Hot_milk_cake
Chamorro cake
made from sponge cake, vanilla custard, and cinnamon. In Saipan and the other Mariana Islands, it is called lantiya. First, the sponge cake is baked,
Latiya_(dessert)
Baked sweet food served during Christmas
and black pepper. In Japan, Christmas cake is traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve. The cake is simply a sponge cake, frosted with whipped cream, often decorated
Christmas_cake
Type of sponge cake
[ka(s)ˈsaːta sɪʃɪˈljaːna]) is an Italian cake originating in the Sicily region. It is typically composed of a round sponge cake moistened with fruit juices or liqueur
Cassata
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Joconde may refer to: Joconde sponge cake, a type of sponge cake Joconde (database), a French national database of museum collections
Joconde
Pastry
is exclusively used to refer to sponge cake. In Colombia bizcocho or bizcochuelo is used general to refer to sponge cake. In Uruguay, most buttery flaky
Bizcocho
Topics referred to by the same term
refers to a sponge cake Torta, the Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Portuguese and Bulgarian word for cake, typically made
Torta_(disambiguation)
Indonesian cake
Pandan cake is a light, fluffy, green-coloured sponge cake flavoured with the juices of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaves. It is also known as pandan chiffon
Pandan_cake
Type of Chinese cake
it is a chiffon cake baked in a paper cup. In the bakeries of Chinatown, San Francisco, it is commonly referred to as "sponge cake." Traditionally prepared
Paper_wrapped_cake
Portuguese sponge cake dessert
(lit. 'serviette') is a Portuguese sponge cake traditionally filled with doces de ovos and dusted with sugar. The cake is aptly named after the shape of
Guardanapo
Vietnamese rice flour-based sponge cake
Bánh bò (literally "cow cake" or "crawl cake") is a sweet, chewy sponge cake from Vietnam. It is made from rice flour, water, sugar, and yeast, and has
Bánh_bò
Type of cake from South Australia
The frog cake is an Australian dessert in the shape of a frog's head, composed of sponge cake and cream covered with fondant. It was created by the Balfours
Frog_cake
Taiwanese sponge cake
gao (Chinese: 雞蛋糕; pinyin: jī dàn gāo; lit. 'chicken egg cake') are Taiwanese sponge cakes served as desserts. Ji dan gao are possibly related to the
Ji_dan_gao
Italian cake
Rieti, Lazio, in the 1950s. The name is given by the small pieces of sponge cake scattered on the surface, which resemble mimosa flowers in shape. Thanks
Torta_mimosa
Chocolate sponge cake with cherries
Forest cake, is a layer cake made out of cocoa powder, cherries, Kirsch, and whipped cream, with dark chocolate as a decoration. The origins of the cake and
Black_Forest_gateau
Fruit cake from Genoa, Italy
neither of which are fruit cakes: Genoese cake, a light sponge cake, and pain de Gênes ('Genoa bread'), a dense almond cake. Media related to Pandolce
Genoa_cake
Sfouf Sheet cake Simnel cake Snack cake Sno Balls Song gao Spanische Windtorte Spekkoek Spice cake Sponge cake St. Honoré cake Stack cake Stollen Streuselkuchen
List_of_desserts
Dessert from the Balkans
Serbia and Kosovo and other Balkan countries. It consists of a light sponge cake soaked in a mixture of three types of milk (evaporated milk, condensed
Trileçe
Chinese cuisine
soldiers gratitude after battles, a general had civilians make buns and cakes to send to the front lines. "Gratitude" or 點點心意 (pinyin: diǎn diǎn xīn yì;
Dim_sum
Food item made from rice
White sugar sponge cake is a steamed rice cake that is typically consumed in square pieces or triangle with some ropes attached to it. Rice cakes are a common
Rice_cake
Argentine cake
Balcarce are marked with a "C" for "Comoantes". The cake is typically composed of a sponge cake with layers of dulce de leche, crushed nuts, meringue
Postre_Balcarce
American snack cake
The Twinkie is an American snack cake, described on its packaging as "golden sponge cake with a creamy filling". Introduced in 1930, it was previously
Twinkie
Chinese baked item
The egg wash will protect the crust of the cake from drying out and create the aroma of the cake. The cakes have to be rotated constantly in the oven to
Mooncake
Culinary tradition
in dark chocolate sauce filled with ground walnuts) and Dobos cake (layered sponge cake, with chocolate buttercream filling and topped with a thin layer
Hungarian_cuisine
Swiss layer cake
lit. 'cherry torte from Zug') is a Swiss layer cake that consists of layers of nut-meringue, sponge cake and butter cream, and is flavoured with the cherry
Zuger_Kirschtorte
A cake is a baker's confectionery usually made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications
List_of_cakes
Traditional Filipino chiffon or sponge cakes
Mamón are traditional Filipino chiffon or sponge cakes, typically baked in distinctive cupcake-like molds. In the Visayas regions, mamón are also known
Mamón
Polish honey-flavoured layer cake
Galicia (Southeastern Poland) and Central Poland. The cake is prepared similarly to sponge cake, which is topped with honey that is melted and then cooled
Miodownik
Type of sponge cake
The Pan di Spagna is a sponge cake extremely soft and spongy sweet pastry that is very commonly used in pastry making, usually used to be filled inside
Pan_di_Spagna
Cake intended to be eaten with, or flavored with, coffee
States, the term "coffee cake" is generally understood to be a sponge cake flavored with coffee, often presented as a layer cake with frosting. Examples
Coffee_cake_(American)
French pâtisserie
of a layer of puff pastry with layers of sponge cake as well (e.g. from bottom to top, puff pastry, sponge cake strawberries and cream and then puff pastry)
Mille-feuille
Custard-filled sandwich cake
Boston cream pie on Parker House's menus. The cake consisted of two layers of French butter sponge cake filled with thick custard and brushed with a rum
Boston_cream_pie
Polish Easter cake
of cake. They are often composed of two layers of different types of cake. The most typical mazurki are made from sheets of short pastry, sponge-fat
Mazurek_(cake)
Culinary traditions of Slovakia
cookies) Rezy (longer square (ie not round) form of cakes) Bratislavské rezy ("Bratislava cuts" – sponge cake with steamed whipped custard, chocolate and sweet
Slovak_cuisine
British dessert
cream cake made of vanilla ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of sponge cake to form a roll, with a layer of raspberry flavoured sauce between the sponge and
Arctic_roll
Taiwanese sponge cake made with brown sugar, low-gluten flour and tapioca starch
Brown sugar cake (Chinese: 黑糖糕; pinyin: hēitáng gāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oo-thn̂g-ké) is a traditional Taiwanese steamed sponge cake made primarily from brown
Brown_sugar_cake
Jam-filled sandwich cake
Boston cream pie. The earlier Washington pie was made of two yellow sponge cake layers filled with jam and dusted with powdered sugar, later evolving
Washington_pie
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Amandine may refer to: Edibles: Amandine (cake), a Romanian chocolate sponge cake filled with chocolate or almond cream Amandine (garnish)
Amandine
methods often use cake flour or add corn starch to reduce the risk of the cake becoming tough. Sponge method A genoise or sponge cake is a versatile, usually
Cake_mixing_techniques
Culinary traditions of Romania
Moldavian soft cakes filled with sweet cheese Carpați - Cake made with layers of sponge cake with chocolate and caramel cream, shaped in the form of a
Romanian_cuisine
loosely as "cake" or "bread", referring to a wide variety of prepared foods. Some varieties are cooked by steaming. Bánh bò – a steamed sponge cake Bánh bột
List_of_steamed_foods
Chinese steamed cake
hoat-koé), also called fat pan (發粄) by the Hakka, prosperity cake, fortune cake, Cantonese sponge cake, is a Chinese steamed, cupcake-like dessert. Because it
Fa_gao
Culinary traditions of the Czech Republic
and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Makovec - a sponge cake with ground poppy seed. Mrkvanec - a sponge cake with grated carrots. Mrkvánky - small turnovers
Czech_cuisine
SPONGE CAKE
SPONGE CAKE
Female
German
German form of Russian Sonya, SONJE means "wisdom."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English stÄn ‘stone’, in any of several uses. It is most commonly a topographic name, for someone who lived either on stony ground or by a notable outcrop of rock or a stone boundary-marker or monument, but it is also found as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in stone, a mason or stonecutter. There are various places in southern and western England named with this word, for example in Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these.Translation of various surnames in other languages, including Jewish Stein, Norwegian Steine, and compound names formed with this word.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Scott was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’, ‘storeroom’ (a reduced form of Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus, ‘to weigh out or dispense’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English spong ‘narrow strip of land’, or a habitational name from Spong Farm in Elmstead, Kent, which is named with this word.Swedish : topographic or ornamental name from spång ‘footbridge’, ‘plank’.
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic
Warrior
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : variant of Spoor.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Spouse
Girl/Female
Australian, Scandinavian
Wisdom
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Tong, also established in Ireland since the 17th century.German : from a reduced short form of the personal name Anton (see Anthony).
Boy/Male
English
Dispenser; provider.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French
Dispenser; Form of Spencer; Provisioner
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of Dutch Jong.English
Americanized spelling of Dutch Jong.English : variant of Young.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic)
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic) : habitational name from any of the many places in Portugal, Galicia, and Italy named or named with Ponte, from ponte ‘bridge’.English : variant spelling of Pont.
Boy/Male
Spanish
Born fifth.
Boy/Male
English
Stone
Boy/Male
Biblical
Spouse; bridegroom.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
In the Company
Girl/Female
Australian, Vietnamese
Fog
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sanger 2.
Female
Chinese
pine tree.
SPONGE CAKE
SPONGE CAKE
Female
Greek
(Λυσιμάχη) Feminine form of Greek Lysimachos, LYSIMACHE means "freedom fighter."
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : habitational name from places named Butterworth in Lancashire (near Rochdale) and in West Yorkshire. Both are so named with Old English butere ‘butter’ + worð ‘enclosure’. The surname is recorded from an early date in each of these two places; it probably arose independently in each.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Cultured; Civilised
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful one of the daughters of Adam as
Girl/Female
Spanish Latin
Pure.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Thresher
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Winter's Tale' Lord of Sicilia.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Star, The pleiades
Boy/Male
Arabic, British, Hindu, Indian, Islamic, Muslim, Pakistani, Urdu
One who Worships God
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Day of the Full Moon
SPONGE CAKE
SPONGE CAKE
SPONGE CAKE
SPONGE CAKE
SPONGE CAKE
n.
Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
n.
See Sconce.
v. t.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
n.
One employed in gathering sponges.
imp. & p. p.
of Sponge
a.
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
n.
A sponge.
n.
One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
v. i.
To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
v. t.
Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
n.
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
n.
The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
a.
Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
v. t.
To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
v. i.
To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
n.
One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
v. i.
Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
v. t.
To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
n.
Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
a.
Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.