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angel cake en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A layer cake consisting of two or three layers of sweet sponge (made with butter) coloured white, pink and yellow with a thin layer of white cream, which originated in Britain.
2. (countable, uncountable) Angel food cake, a type of light sponge cake made without butter, which originated in the United States.
   • A purchased angel food cake works in a pinch, as it does in this black and white version, filled with chocolate sauce, chocolate whipped cream, and layers of angel cake. You'll need four 2-cup ramekins or parfait dishes. 2015 September 8, Jessica Fisher, Good Cheap Eats Dinner in 30 Minutes Or Less: Fresh, Fast, and Flavorful Home-Cooked Meals, with More Than 200 Recipes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 300:
   • Use between layers of angel cake or white cake, frost cake a delicate light green, sprinkle with a few fine-cut pistachios. 1923, Paul Richards, Cakes for Bakers, page 253:

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Translations (3)

pl biszkopt na samych białkach (cake with layers of sponge and a thin layer of white cream) · pt bolo de anjo (cake with layers of sponge and a thin layer of white cream) · pt bolo de claras (cake with layers of sponge and a thin layer of white cream)