| UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | Sponge with base rising after cooking |
| SOP | Absorb (as with a sponge), with "up" |
| WIPER | Maybe sponge with ice-cream pleasing everyone, replacing starters? |
| TIRAMISU | Italian pudding of coffeesoaked sponge with Marsalaflavoured mascarpone/cream (8) |
| WIPED | Did sponge with fancy pie and date? (5) |
| ANGELCAKE | Sponge with icing (5,4) |
| SOTOSPEAK | Sponge with a map on top, you might say (2,2,5) |
| SWISSROLLS | Roulade-like cakes, traditionally vanilla sponge with jam and sometimes cream (5,5) |
| EVESPUDDING | First lady's sweet baked sponge with apple underneath (4,7) |
| TRIFLE | A false or idle tale; a thing of litle value; a slight piece; a small sum; a gewgaw; a type of pewter; or, a cold pudding of custard, fruit cocktail, jelly and sherry-soaked sponge with a sprinkling o |
| ROULADES | Rolled sponges with filling (8) |
| PUDGE | Fat person, say, rising after dessert (5) |
| BATON | Notable rising after the Spanish lost a weapon (5) |
| SECTOR | Branch rising after a short time (6) |
| VENDOR | Seller travelled around north, rising after five (6) |
| PLUME | Smoke rising after choice, there's pope at last! (5) |
| RESURRECTION | Christ's rising after his crucifixion (12) |
| NEEDS | Requirements met, though rising, after intervention of daughter (5) |
| IMMERSIONHEATER | This should see Mercury rising after dipping |
| EGGCUP | Breakfast placed here for one rising after gong |
