Victoria sponge

plural Victoria sponges

1. countableuncountableA type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle.

   We were told that the auditorium could actually hold seven hundred, but that the caterers could only provide enough scones, Maid of Honour tarts and Victoria sponges for the smaller number.

   2003, Guy Hunting, Adventures of a Gentleman’s Gentleman: The Queen, Noel Coward and I, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 254

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   Out for a cuppa and a slice of Victoria sponge in an old-fashioned tea-shop, a little light shopping at Bert's Homestore and home in time for the husband's triumphant return from the mysterious world of earning one's own living and a fix of The Great British Bake Off.

   2012 September 15, Julie Burchill, “When people romanticise the past, they're making a fetish of hardship”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2015

   While the contestants grind away under the clock at their Victoria sponges and poached pear puddings in an idyllic Somerset setting, hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins inquire winkingly about the erectness of a biscuit or the appropriate length for a profiterole.

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

   Synonyms: Victorian sponge, Victorian sponge cake, Victoria sponge cake