The Bakewell Sponge – This cake makes essential tea time treating to beat away those rainy days! A smattering of toasted flaked almonds sit proudly on top, natural almond oil runs through the light Sponge and the butter cream, perfectly complimented by a layer of British raspberry jam.

“The best cake I have EVER tasted, I got through the whole thing in a couple of days ooops! Well done will be back!” Louise from Nottingham. Read more Bakewell reviews…

Use code: SPONGEFRIDAY at the checkout by 2pm Thurs 3rd May to get your hands on a 7″ Bakewell for £9.99 and a 10″ for £16.99!

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Birthdays are 4Sharing!

This week’s winning Sponge Moment was sent in by Matt on Twitter @Wizzer10:

“My brilliant FourSharing cake from @SPONGECAKESLTD! Loving it. ”

Thanks for sending in your pic, Matt! Enjoy your Bakewell Sponge Friday!

Weekly Sponge Moment Competition

Each week, we reward the best Sponge Moment with a SPONGE Friday! Just send in a photo of you, your friends or family enjoying Sponge to: info@sponge.co.uk, Facebook or Twitter and we’ll pick the best!

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More Sponge love!

This time from Nicki Macfarlane, designer of the bridesmaids’ dresses for The Royal Wedding last year, who picked her favourite sites as guest editor for www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk

“Sponge – A fantastic gift idea – who wouldn’t love to receive a cake in the post? My daughters and I often surprise each other with a delicious cake and, if you can’t make up your mind about which flavour to have, the baby sponges are great – my grandchildren particularly love these!” Click here to read the full article.

Thanks so much, Nicki! (Follow Nicki on Twitter: @MacfarlaneNicki)

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Win a Jubilee Afternoon Tea!

Celebrate in style with an afternoon tea courtesy of our friends at Clipper Teas, with this special Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend competition!

The winner will receive two 10 inch FourSharing Sponges (4 slices of each flavour), four elegant cups and saucers, a teapot and of course some tea from Clipper, all worth over £100!

Plus 9 lucky runners up will each receive a box of 8 baby SPONGES, a pair of Clipper mugs and boxes of Gold Blend and Everyday Earl Grey 80 teabags!

Click here to enter the competition!

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Rave reviews for the newbie!

You’re still loving the new Neapolitan Sponge Special!

Dawn from Boston said, “I recently purchased the neapolitan sponge as an Easter present for my boyfriend. It went down a treat with family and friends. The huge hit was the strawberry buttercream, it tasted just like fresh strawberries. Will definitely be ordering another one very soon. Thankyou Sponge!”

If you’ve tried our very own ‘taste of summer’ post a review on the website and tell us what you think!

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Sponge Birthday shoutouts!

Happy Birthday to Sponge Family Members: Hannah Wheeler, Sam Woods, Laura Maidment, Simon Richardson, Ricky Ward, Ellen Strickland, Kelvin Richardson, Patricia Broughton, Helen Richards, Joanne Simpson, Elaine Carlisle, Kelly Harper, Natalie Ashton, Faye Tanner, Mandi Webster, Caroline Morgan, Evie Shykles and Virginia Rigby! Hope you all have great days! x

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The FourSharing SPONGE Friday is back! Great for sharing and with four flavours in one cake, the FourSharing Sponge has something for everyone’s taste buds.

Go Traditional with four slices each of Victoria, Chocolate, Coffee and Lemon or Quirky with Apple Crumble, Bakewell, Chocolate Orange and Carrot!

“I have just started university and have been feeling pretty homesick, so my mum sent this to me in the post as a surprise-literally the BEST parcel ever! Kept me happy for over a week ” Grace from Southampton. Read more Traditional reviews…

“BEAUTIFUL… what more can I say… this was ordered for my fiance’s birthday and im very surprised it lasted as long as it did!! great that it was portioned up too as then it stopped some over indulgent knife work!!” Emma from Coventry. Read more Quirky reviews…

Use code: SPONGEFRIDAY at the checkout by 2pm Thursday 26th April to get your hands on a Traditional or Quirky FourSharing Sponge for just £17.99!

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I need more cake!!

This week’s winning Sponge Moment was sent in by Claire.

“Hello, This is my 3 year old son Josh about to enjoy the chocolate orange sponge! It was followed by “I need more cake!”

Thanks for sending in your pic, Claire! Enjoy your FourSharing Sponge Friday!

Weekly Sponge Moment Competition

Each week, we reward the best Sponge Moment with a SPONGE Friday! Just send in a photo of you, your friends or family enjoying Sponge to: info@sponge.co.uk, Facebook or Twitter and we’ll pick the best!

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Win a Jubilee Afternoon Tea!

Celebrate in style with an afternoon tea courtesy of our friends at Clipper Teas, with this special Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend competition!

The winner will receive two 10 inch FourSharing Sponges (4 slices of each flavour), four elegant cups and saucers, a teapot and of course some tea from Clipper, all worth over £100!

Plus 9 lucky runners up will each receive a box of 8 baby SPONGES, a pair of Clipper mugs and boxes of Gold Blend and Everyday Earl Grey 80 teabags!

Click here to enter the competition!

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Cute and quirky gifts!

Still our most popular gift, offering cute, quirky and choice in one little box…

“This gift cheered me up after a bad week and was the perfect way to put a smile back on my face! All 4 quirky sponges were absolutely delicious, as was the champagne & I refused to share a drop/ crumb!” Francesca from London.

Choose from Traditional (Victoria, Chocolate, Lemon & Coffee), Quirky (Apple Crumble, Carrot, Bakewell & Chocolate Orange), all eight flavours or with champagne!

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KETTLE® Chips winners!

Our KETTLE® competition closed on Monday night. Thanks to everyone for entering, here are the winners!

Beatrice Charing, Richard Henderson, Patricia Pudney, Carol Bird, Joanne Sutton, Hannah Mahon, Lisa Podewell, Sharon Rogers, Hannah Barrett and Hollie Fraser.

Well done! A mixed case of KETTLE® Chips is on it’s way to you!

If your company would like to run a competition with us, drop us a line at: info@sponge.co.uk and we’ll send you a Sponge if it goes ahead!

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Sponge Birthday shoutouts!

Happy Birthday to Sponge Family Members: Dan Colley, Vanessa Goodwin, Lorna Bevins, Sian Barnett, Dawn Porter, Sally Day, Ian Hickman, Wendy Pinches, Tom Stevenson, Hollie Foster, Sarah Hatch, Zoe Skinner and Mustafa Gulamali. Hope you all have great days! x

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Perfect for rainy days, this week’s SPONGE Friday is our twist on the Great British Classic, Sticky Toffee! Homemade date puree creates the most comfortingly sticky Sponge, paired with toffee butter cream to warm the dullest of days. Feet up, tuck in!

“Friends came round for a housewarming and it was to die for – to heaven and come back for more! Sooooo scrummy and delicious, with vanilla ice-cream was sheer indulgence. Wanted more but did not have room for it-was yummy!” Carol from Dundee. Click here to read more reviews.

Use code: SPONGEFRIDAY at the checkout by 2pm Thursday 19th April to get your hands on a 7″ for £9.99 and a 10″ for £16.99!

Sponge wins award for loveliest company ever!

Well sort of! New Sponge fan, Helen Thornber (bbdhelen on Twitter), enjoyed her first Sponge experience so much, she decided to blog about it!

“The award for loveliest company ever goes to SpongeCakesLtd!” Click here to read Helen’s blog: The best things come in the post.

Thanks so much for your lovely comments, Helen!

Sponge Moment winner!

This week’s winning Sponge Moment was sent in by Jan of Dad, Derek, celebrating his birthday in style with a Sponge-complete with fireworks!

“Dear Sponge, here’s a photo of my Dad celebrating his 80th Birthday with a Chocolate Orange Sponge. Everyone asked who made the cake, it was so delicious.”

Thanks so much Jan for sending in this cracker of a Sponge Moment pic! We hope your Dad had a fantastic 80th birthday! Enjoy your Sticky Toffee Sponge Friday prize! x

Weekly Sponge Moment Competition

Each week, we reward the best Sponge Moment with a SPONGE Friday! Just send in a photo of you, your friends or family enjoying Sponge to: info@sponge.co.uk, Facebook or Twitter and we’ll pick the best!

Have you tried the newbie yet?

Sponge fans are raving about our new Special, Neapolitan Sponge!

Charlotte from London said, “This was the first Sponge that I have purchased and it was wonderful! Lovely flavours and very moreish (it didn’t last long). I was very happy with the packaging as it got to me in one piece and the added serviettes were a nice touch. Thank you Sponge!”

If you’ve tried our very own ‘taste of summer’, drop us a review on the website to let us know what you think!

Only one more week to enter..!

KETTLE® Chips are giving away 10 mixed cases in our competition to celebrate their 30th anniversary!

Closing date for entries is midnight, 23rd April, so click here now to get your entries in!

+ Don’t forget to tune in next week for a brand new competition from Sponge!!

If your company would like to run a competition with us, drop us a line at: info@sponge.co.uk and we’ll send you a Sponge if it goes ahead!

Sponge Birthday shoutouts!

Happy Birthday to Sponge Family Members: Dot Sayer, Maureen Goodin, Jane Stephenson, Elaine Smith and Ruth Harrop. Hope you all have great days! x