angel food cake
A type of light sponge cake which originated in the United States, made with whipped…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.
» Angel food cake is delicious.
Gugelhupf aus Biskuitteig ist lecker. — hjoest
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
a light sponge cake made without egg yolks
Examples
3 sentencesAngel food cake is delicious.
deGugelhupf aus Biskuitteig ist lecker. — hjoest
Angel food cake is light, fluffy, and just sweet enough.
Angel food cake tastes the best when paired with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From its light and fluffy texture, which is said to be “so light that angels could eat itFrom its light and fluffy texture, which is said to be “so light that angels could eat it and still fly without being weighted down”.
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Forms
plural: angel food cakesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a light sponge cake made without egg yolks:angel cake
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.