angel food cake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of angel food cake
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; after the white color of the cake
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The film is as delightfully light as your grandmother's angel food cake and just as sweet as that sugary treat, if not without its continuity errors.
From Salon ● May 20, 2022
Food writer Allison Robicelli uses it in her angel food cake recipe “that’s ethereally fluffy, no folding or futzing required,” she wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
If you make angel food cake, it's like a cake and a marshmallow had the most delicious baby ever, and it's so tasty.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2021
But it’s not exactly ideal for making angel food cake.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
She was bearing an angel food cake with fourteen candles.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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