angel's food cake

A form of angel food cake — A type of light sponge cake which originated in the United States, made with whipped egg whites (which give it an aerated texture), flour, and sugar, without butter.

Meanings

nounangel's food cake (countable and uncountable, plural angel's food cakes)

plural angel's food cakes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of angel food cake.

    Angel’s Food Cake. For sale at Podesta, Malatesta & Co.’s, 252 Main street.

    1879 May 29, The Memphis Evening Herald, volume IV, number 127 (whole 565), Memphis, Tenn., page [4], column 3
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    Again, as we sat on the terrasse of the Café de Paris, where he was eating a large slice of angel’s food cake and drinking coffee, I mentioned that I was broke.

    1989, Harold Norse, Memoirs of a Bastard Angel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 396

    Oldest daughter Virginia recalled with pride that her mother’s angel’s food cakes and her fudgelike penuche were special favorites at charity bake sales and raffles for church and schools.

    1997, Ed Cray, “A Certain Amount of Respect”, in Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, part I (The Last Progressive), page 61

    He casually flipped the page and found a slice of angel’s food cake sitting in a puddle of raspberry sauce.

    1998, Anthony Bruno, Double Espresso, Forge, →ISBN, page 96

    “If you want a slice of angel’s food cake, you’ll have to finish your greens,” came the call from parents.

    1999, John T. Edge, “Sweet and Sacred”, in A Gracious Plenty, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 266
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