When is National Sponge Cake Day?
Wednesday August 23rdEnjoy National Sponge Cake Day, the cake world's most popular dessert. The queen of teas is the guest of honor, but we have the pleasure of sampling!
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A flawless sponge stands tall, making it one of the most difficult cakes for bakers to master. Baking a fine crumb while keeping the cake moist is another balancing trick for bakers. This task is executed with ease by the sponge, if you like layering berries and whipped cream.
The sponge cake is thought to have appeared in the Caribbean and is believed to have originated in the Caribbean. Gervase Markham, an English poet and author, has the oldest English printed recipe for sponge cake. However, Gervase Markham's oldest English printed recipe for sponge cake appears in English. In 1615, he published a sponge cake recipe in the book The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues That Should Be Present in a Complete Woman.
In the film Calendar Girls starring Helen Mirren, the sponge cake appeared in a small part in 2003. Chris, Mirren's character, enters a baking competition. She forgets she entered, and instead of baking a sponge cake of her own design, she submits a store-bought Victoria sponge cake.
