Victoria sponge cake en · NOUN
Etymology
After Queen Victoria, who preferred this cake with her afternoon tea.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of Victoria sponge.
We're juggling teacups and Victoria sponge cakes and all the trappings of civilised gentility, but while it's all smooth and untroubled above the sofa, below it's another matter: he's paddling his feet so violently, I slightly fear for the carpet.
2012 February 11, Carole Cadwalladr, “Melvyn Bragg: 'I'm a class mongrel' – interview”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2015:For coronation food, shops are offering crown-topped sausage rolls and crown-topped pork pies and crown-topped Victoria sponge cake.
2023 April 21, Jennifer Hassan, “King Charles coronation souvenirs: The most popular, elaborate, awkward”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2023:You’ll want to make her recipes for lemon drizzle cake and Victoria sponge cake this weekend for sure.
2016 October 19, Sam Sifton, “Bake-Off!”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2016:They ordered soda scones and sandwiches, Victoria sponge cake and cling peaches, choux pastries and flapjacks, Bakewell tart and trifle with extra cream.
1999, Geraldine McCaughrean, “Devil Take the Hindmost”, in The Stones Are Hatching, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 70:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria spongecake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Victoria sponge cakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |