"Victoria sponge cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Victoria sponge cakes [plural], Victoria spongecake [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=Victoria sponge cake}} Victoria sponge cake (countable and uncountable, plural Victoria sponge cakes)
  1. Synonym of Victoria sponge. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Victoria sponge [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Victoria_sponge_cake-en-noun-fzKXNXB6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cakes and pastries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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