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The 23rd of August is Sponge Cake Day!
What’s a sponge cake?
Is it the same as an angel food cake, or a Genoise ?
And what makes it spongey, anyway?
You don’t have to bake a sponge cake today. You can treat yourself to one from a bakery, whether a stand-alone bakery or an in-store bakery.
And take a moment to learn the answers to the above questions, right here on CooksInfo.
#SpongeCakeDay
History
The earliest print mention we’ve been able to find of Sponge Cake Day occurred in August 2003.
Marshall Community AD-VISOR. Marshall, Michigan. 13 August 2003. Page 23, col. 3.