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
Coffee cake led to a new type of coffee cake to be created. This was called sour cream coffee cake. A variety of crumb cake (Streuselkuchen) which contains flour, sugar, butter and cinnamon granules on top. Applesauce cake is sometimes prepared and served as a coffee cake. In Hungary, there is a type of coffee cake called "arany galuska" containing walnuts and cinnamon. Coffee cake Coffee cake is cake intended to be eaten with, or flavored with, coffee. British coffee cake is a sponge flavoured with coffee. They are generally round and consist of two layers separated by coffee flavoured butter icing,