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The Search for Australia's Sponge Cake Queen

From hundreds of eager entrants our eight finalists were chosen from all across the country to bake off in the AWW test kitchen for the title of Australia's Sponge Cake Queen.
It was a day of fun and friendly competition, but there could only be one winner.
We share each of the finalists' recipes, and announce the winner.

Our Sponge Cake Queen finalist's recipes

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The Search for Australia's Sponge Cake Queen
And the winner is - Natalie Dick from SA
The runner-up: Sponge Cake King Noel's recipe
Queensland finalist Tina Hannan's sponge cake recipe
NSW finalist Janet Little's sponge cake recipe
Northern Territory finalist Heather Dingle's sponge cake recipe
WA finalist 10-year-old Ella's sponge cake recipe
Victoria finalist Dawn Volz's sponge cake recipe
ACT finalist Annette Carse's sponge cake recipe
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