266 sponge recipes

Frankfurter Kranz is a classic German crown cake with three rum-soaked sponge layers, silky butter-cream filling, and a crunchy almond praline coating finished with apricot glaze.

Morrison's mace cake: a classic hot-milk sponge cake fragrant with warm mace, finished with a crackly mace-sugar topping that bakes into the surface. Old-fashioned Southern coffee cake at its most aromatic.

Jim's buttermilk bread: a sponge-method white loaf with buttermilk tang, honey, and olive oil. Soft tender crumb, two loaves from one recipe, the kind of bread that makes toast worth waking up for.

Whisky fudge cake with melted chocolate, 16 eggs, and a generous pour of whisky baked into a dense, rich sponge. Served with clotted cream for a showstopping British-style dessert.

A classic Hungarian Dobos torte with thin sponge cake layers filled with chocolate coffee buttercream and glazed in melted semi-sweet chocolate. An impressive European pastry for special occasions.

A legendary British sticky toffee pudding: moist date sponge soaked in buttery brown sugar toffee sauce, grilled until caramelized, and served warm with whipped cream. Pure indulgence for 12.

Classic Italian sponge cake made with a warm egg foam, cocoa powder, and no butter at all. Light as air with a deep golden crust and tender chocolate crumb.

White chocolate mousse layered over genoise sponge with candied citrus peel, pine nuts, and chocolate curls. A showstopping dessert with bright citrus and creamy white chocolate in every bite.

Italian rainbow cookies (seven layer cookies): three almond paste sponge layers tinted red, green, and yellow, stacked with raspberry jam, and coated in chocolate. A classic holiday bakery tradition.

Maple-frosted golden cake layers a tender butter-yellow sponge under a fluffy boiled maple frosting made with pure maple syrup and beaten egg whites. Old-fashioned bakery style.

Lemon pudding cake bakes into two layers in one cup: a fluffy lemon sponge on top, silky lemon curd underneath. Made for two in custard cups with a water bath.

Buche de Noel: the iconic French Christmas yule log cake. Light sponge rolled around fruit jam, frosted with chocolate buttercream, and decorated to look like a snowy birch log. The classic holiday showstopper.

Rigo Jancsi, the classic Hungarian chocolate cake with two layers of rich sponge filled with rum-spiked chocolate cream and topped with a glossy chocolate glaze. An elegant European pastry.

Low fat lemon pudding cake separates as it bakes into a tender sponge top and silky lemon-curd bottom. Light dessert with skim milk and only one tablespoon of fat.

Classic savayar (savoiardi), Italian ladyfinger cookies piped from a sponge batter of egg yolks, whipped whites, sugar, and flour. Crisp outside, tender inside, the perfect tiramisu builder or dessert dunker.

Pastel tres leches Aldaco soaks a tender sponge cake in evaporated, condensed, and whole milk with a splash of rum for a creamy Mexican classic best made the night before.