"sponge finger" meaning in English

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          "name": "Cakes and pastries",
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          "ref": "1986 December 12, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Vienna Re-creates a Lively Cafe of 1856”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:",
          "text": "Mr. Fercher’s specialties include maronitortchen (chestnut torte), malakofftorte (sponge fingers with whipped cream, almonds and coffee cream), and fruchte auf blatterteig, an awesome concoction of fruit, puff pastry and sponge cake.",
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          "ref": "1992 December 10, Helen Witty, “Sweet Twofers”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025:",
          "text": "Among familiar twice-baked cookies are zwieback (not for babies only); […] French pain d’amandes; sponge fingers, and the Greek paximadia, made with walnuts.",
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          "ref": "1994 August 28, Valerie Sinclair, “Dining Out: A Welcoming, Generous Italian Place”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "An amaretto cheesecake with a dark nutty crust was delicious, and so were a tiramisu and a cold zabaglione served with raspberries. Crisp sponge fingers are served with the very good cappuccino.",
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        "Synonym of ladyfinger (“a sponge cake biscuit”)."
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        "(chiefly UK) Synonym of ladyfinger (“a sponge cake biscuit”)."
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          "text": "Mr. Fercher’s specialties include maronitortchen (chestnut torte), malakofftorte (sponge fingers with whipped cream, almonds and coffee cream), and fruchte auf blatterteig, an awesome concoction of fruit, puff pastry and sponge cake.",
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