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Recently I often make desserts at home. Recently I often make desserts at home. I only know today that the French sponge cake and the Japanese sponge cake are completely different things. French sponge cake is made directly using whole egg batter. However, the Japanese sponge cake have to separate the egg white from the egg yolk, and then pour the whipping egg white into the egg yolk batter. So the taste of the two cakes is completely different. French sponge cake is relatively solid and dry, suitable for eating with fresh cream. Japanese sponge cake is fluffy and soft, suitable for eating directly. Which one do you like?

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I often make desserts at home.

I often make desserts at home. I found out today that the French sponge cake and the Japanese sponge cake are completely different things. French sponge cake is made using whole egg batter. However, in the Japanese sponge cake the egg is separated, and then the whipped egg white poured into the egg yolk batter. So the taste of the two cakes is completely different. French sponge cake is relatively solid and dry, suitable for eating with fresh cream. Japanese sponge cake is fluffy and soft, suitable for eating on its own. Which one do you like?
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                  Two Types of Sponge Cake

      LATELY I'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME  making desserts at home. I only DISCOVERED today that the French sponge cake and the Japanese sponge cake are completely different things. French sponge cake is made directly using whole-egg batter. IN CONTRAST, WITH  the Japanese sponge cake  YOU have to separate the egg white from the egg yolk, and then pour the whippED egg white into the egg yolk batter. So, the taste of the two cakes is completely different. French sponge cake is relatively solid and dry, suitable for eating with fresh cream. HOWEVER, Japanese sponge cake is fluffy and soft, FITTING for eating directly. Which one WOULD you PREFER?


I think I would prefer the Japanese one, but I'd add some cream.

Use  RECENTLY for something finished. I recently made a cake.

Use LATELY for something continuous.  Lately I've been making cakes.

Try not to use the same words. Just look up synonyms.




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@Yama, would this be a suitable substitute for the first sentence? "Recently, I have started to make desserts at home more often." I´m not a native speaker of the English language, but this sounds like a valid substitute to me. Tell me what you think!
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I have been trying to think of a way to rewrite your first sentence to keep the ideas of both "recently" and "often" in the sentence. The other commentators have been excellent, but I felt missed that one point. Recently, I have taken to making desserts at home. My new pastime/hobby is to regularly make desserts at home. Of course, you could separate the ideas between the title and the first sentence. Title: My new dessert hobby. [Now,] I often make desserts at home
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Thank you very much :)

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