Top 10 Sponge Cake Recipes

Moist Lemon Chiffon Cake

This fluffy sponge cake dessert is a real treat drizzled with the sweet-tart lemon glaze. —Rebecca Baird, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Marble Chiffon Cake

This confection’s a proven winner—it earned me a blue ribbon and was named Division Champion at the county fair! It’s our favorite. I’m the third generation in the family to make it. —LuAnn Heikkila, Floodwood, Minnesota

Coconut Chiffon Cake

Toasted coconut adds visual appeal to this tall and impressive sponge cake dessert. With an airy texture and heavenly coconut-ginger flavor, it’s a lovely end to meals throughout the year.

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Chocolate Chiffon Cake

If you want to offer family and friends a dessert that really stands out from the rest, this is the cake to make. The beautiful high, rich sponge cake is drizzled with a succulent chocolate glaze. —Erma Fox, Memphis, Missouri

Orange Cream Chiffon Cake

Light and luscious, this sponge cake dessert is bursting with orange flavor. It’s the perfect dessert to serve after a filling meal, or with afternoon tea or coffee.—Faith Sommers, Bangor, California

Tres Leches Cake

Experience the ultimate in creamy, dreamy desserts with this easy-to-make tres leches cake, soaked in a trio of milks and finished with a cloud of whipped cream. 

Lemon Chiffon Cake

Lemon chiffon cake is soft and spongy, with a fresh lemon flavor in the cake and the luscious buttercream frosting. Plan to eat this cake quickly, as chiffon cakes don't last very long. But that shouldn't be a problem, given how delicious this cake is.

Berry Pinwheel Cake

Perfect for special meals, this lovely sponge cake dessert is a nice change from strawberry pie or shortcake. Don’t be afraid t try this jelly-roll-style dessert…it’s easy to make. Plus, the waxed paper-lined pan helps make cleanup a breeze! —Becky Ruff, McGregor, Iowa

These strawberry desserts are perfect for spring.

Blackberry-Topped Sponge Cakes

The recipe for my blackberry cakes is easy to play with. You can replace the sponge cake with angel food, pound cake or ladyfingers. And any fruit that has liquor with the same flavor can be used. —Karen Robinson, Woodbury, Connecticut

Layered Orange Sponge Cake

This recipe's been handed down in my family for 40 years, from a relative who was a French baker. It's light, delicate and delicious, just like a great cake should be. —Joyce Speerbrecher, Grafton, Wisconsin

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