angel food cake

noun

: a usually white sponge cake made of flour, sugar, and whites of eggs

Examples of angel food cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Always flip the cake pan to cool your angel food cake with the open side down. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2024 Cake flour is lighter and has less protein than all-purpose, which helps give an angel food cake its fluffiness. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2024 The tradition of giving birthday cakes to every soldier celebrating on the day of their visit began in 1942, and angel food cakes were particularly popular. Annika Hipple, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023 The ridges of the pan are not the most defined, but less fluting is ideal for making airy cakes like angel food cakes (these cakes use eggs as leaveners) which need a straight pan for the batter to cling close to. Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023 The Good Night, Sister author, 33, invited followers into her home on Tuesday to share her go-to angel food cake recipe, which comes from Martha Stewart. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023 Many recipes call for egg whites alone, especially in baking—think angel food cake, soufflés, mousse, and meringues. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2022 Get The Recipe 17 of 30 Angel Food Cake Light and fluffy angel food cake is the ultimate cure for a drab day. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023 Recipes that do require sifting are more likely to be delicate, airy desserts like angel food cake. Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of angel food cake was in 1878

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“Angel food cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angel%20food%20cake. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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angel food cake

noun
: a usually white sponge cake made of flour, sugar, and whites of eggs

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