How to Use angel food cake in a Sentence

angel food cake

noun
  • Always flip the cake pan to cool your angel food cake with the open side down.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The loads of sugar in an angel food cake give it a chewy and sponge-like texture.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 21 Apr. 2022
  • But pound cake, angel food cake, cake baked at home or from box mix will all do.
    Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2021
  • This dessert has two pieces of angel food cake that are grilled until charred.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • Slice angel food cake and top the slices with strawberries and light whipped cream for dessert.
    Susan Nicholson, ajc, 24 Nov. 2017
  • Slice the angel food cake into 1-inch wedges, and cut them into large cubes of about 1 inch.
    Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Best Used For: Sponge cake, pound cake, layer cakes, angel food cake, and muffins.
    Carmen Collins, Country Living, 19 Apr. 2022
  • For dessert, top slices of angel food cake with peaches and vanilla ice cream.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Butter and flour an angel food cake pan; tap out excess flour.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Rich coconut flakes and angel food cake are a match made in foodie heaven.
    Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Toast angel food cake cubes: Meanwhile, preheat oven to 275°F.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
  • Serving tip for those who prefer eating corn removed from the cob: Secure the end of an ear of corn in the hole of an angel food cake pan.
    Donna Erickson, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • Pair with a souffle or angel food cake—where lightness meets lightness. Le Plus de la Fleur de Boüard.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Test Kitchen Tip Traditional angel food cakes don't require greasing the pan to get the height.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Her mother uses a special pan — an angel food cake-style mold with a lid — brought from Belarus, which steams the apples as the cake bakes.
    Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Build the parfaits by layering in the bottom of a glass or a bowl: the angel food cake croutons/sliced strawberries/whipped cream.
    Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Likewise, the dessert menu will include angel food cake with blueberry compote that looks like cheese cake.
    Scott McCartney, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • For the cake part, try poundcake, brownies, ladyfingers, angel food cake, or your favorite type of cake (just crumble or cube it first).
    Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Better yet, find another use for them: Whites can be used for a wash on baked goods, macarons, merengue, souffle, foam on a whiskey sour or angel food cake.
    Lynne Sherwin, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Recipes that do require sifting are more likely to be delicate, airy desserts like angel food cake.
    Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The same eligibility rules apply to the Farm Show’s apple pie and angel food cake contests, and Ms. Kurtz, 60, has won both of those, too.
    Scott Calvert, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022
  • 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 strawberries and cream version ($12) features pickled berries, angel food cake and condensed milk.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Finish with Japanese-style cheesecake from Uncle Tetsu, which is as fluffy and airy as angel food cake.
    Josh Lurie, Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Pinto beans, ham, sliced tomato and onion, cabbage, cornbread, angel food cake with strawberries and milk.
    Pine Bluff Commercial, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2021
  • Mussi agrees with the angel food cake description, noting that the fluffy concoction slightly resembles a round loaf of bread.
    Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Strawberries over angel food cake are a terrific dessert.
    Susan Nicholson, ajc, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Sugar is important for rise and stability when beaten with egg whites, such as in angel food cake, though meringues are the most stark example.
    Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020

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