Sponge cake Sponge cake Sponge cake is a cake based on flour (usually wheat flour), sugar, butter and eggs, and is sometimes leavened with baking powder. It has a firm yet well-aerated structure, similar to a sea sponge. In the United Kingdom a sponge cake is produced using the batter method, while in the US cakes made using the batter method are known as butter or pound cakes. Two common British batter-method sponge cakes are the layered Victoria sponge cake and Madeira cake. The Victorian creation of baking powder by English food manufacturer Alfred Bird in 1843 enabled the sponge to rise
Pandan cake Pandan cake Pandan cake is a light, fluffy, green-colored sponge cake of Southeast Asian origin, flavoured with the juice of "Pandanus amaryllifolius" leaves. It is also known as pandan chiffon. The cake is popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, China, and also the Netherlands, especially among Indo community, due to its historical colonial ties with Indonesia. In 2017, CNN named pandan cake as the national cake of Malaysia and Singapore, one of favorite cakes from around the world. The cake shares common ingredients with other cakes, which includes flour, eggs, butter or margarine,