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angel cake

British  

noun

  1. a very light sponge cake made without egg yolks

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Use it as a topping for spongy angel cake or the base of a savory-leaning fruit salad packed with briny cheese and nuts.

From Salon

Contestants were asked to make a fruitcake, carried out a technical challenge involving angel cakes and made their show-stopping dream birthday cake from childhood.

From BBC

The trick is to make it seem as light as angel cake without neglecting the genuine pain.

From The Guardian

Remember the day you burned the big angel cake?”

From Project Gutenberg

Make the same as angel cake, adding the beaten yolks of two eggs before putting in the flour.

From Project Gutenberg