"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 11:43:19 AM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> Janet UK and others: I think there is a misunderstanding here. The term
> "sponge" is
> often used to refer to just a basic cake....like a chocolate, or spice, or
> white, or
> yellow, etc. I notice many of the pro bakers on TV say "sponge," when
> they just
> mean an unadorned cake layer.
>
> Usually, in the U.S., for most of us anyway, the word "sponge" is followed
> by the word
> "cake," meaning sponge cake which is different from chocolate cake or
> yellow cake
> or whatever.
>
> So "sponge" used by itself can be considered different from "sponge cake."
>
> N.
A sponge cake with added extra sugar and butter is called "pound cake." I
think the most refined and difficult to make sponge cake is the Castella
cake. It's just awesome!
https://www.pinterest.com/recipes/castella-cake/
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New to me so I watched this
It was strange to see them say it would be
cheating to use cake flour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7b9Nutaok
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