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Teacake vs Spongecake - What's the difference?

teacake | spongecake |

As nouns the difference between teacake and spongecake

is that teacake is (british) a flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea while 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.

teacake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea.
  • (US) A traditional cookie.
  • (Australia) A sweet cake, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and caster sugar, often served warm.

    • See also

    * crumpet * muffin

    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.