Savoy Cake, Elkridge Huckleberry Pudding, and Victoria Sponge Cake were just some types of sponge cake.... and then, in 1948 ... Betty Crocker's Chiffon Cake. Generally, sponge cakes were made with flour, sugar, and eggs - the whites beaten hard for leavening. No butter, water or baking powder/soda. The new Chiffon Cake had oil, water and baking powder.