16+ Different Types Of Sponge Cake & Passover Sponge Cake Recipe

Updated August 2026   Sponge cake is a light and airy cake with no fat, traditional flour, and no leavening. The rise comes from beating air into egg whites. August 23rd is National Sponge Cake Day, and we’re celebrating this world-famous cake by pointing out the 16+ different styles of sponge. A popular American version,…
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FOOD FUN: Easter Macarons

[1] Easter macarons: Edible art from Stay Sweet NYC.   A number of pastry artists are creating colorful macarons for Easter, but we haven’t seen anything as lovely as these from Lindsay of Stay Sweet NYC. Her pastel cookies are decorated with abstract flowers. Lovely. But we’ve never seen dual-color ganache before! Who needs chocolate…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easy Fancy Dessert

[1] This fancy-looking dessert is quickly assembled from easily-available ingredients (photo courtesy Good Food On Montford). [2] Pepperidge Farm Pirouettes, rolled wafer cookies, are an easy dessert garnish (photo courtesy Pepperidge Farm).   It doesn’t take much effort to turn ordinary ingredients into a great-looking dish. This example (photo #1), from Good Food On Montford…
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