"Victoria sponge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Victoria sponges [plural]
Etymology: After Queen Victoria, who preferred this cake with her afternoon tea. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Victoria sponge (plural Victoria sponges)
  1. A type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle. Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-Victoria_sponge-en-noun-k5bW4E1v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic:",
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