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Spongecake vs Genoise - What's the difference?

spongecake | genoise |

As nouns the difference between spongecake and genoise

is that spongecake is a cake based on flour (usually wheat flour), sugar, and eggs, sometimes leavened with baking powder which has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to a sea sponge while genoise is classic european sponge cake named after the city of genoa.

spongecake

English

(wikipedia spongecake)

Alternative forms

* sponge cake

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cake based on flour (usually wheat flour), sugar, and eggs, sometimes leavened with baking powder which has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to a sea sponge.

    • genoise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
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