angel food cake
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- noun
- /ˈeɪn.dʒəl fʊd keɪk/
- US
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pastel de ángel
- For dessert, we enjoyed a light slice of angel food cake topped with fresh strawberries.
- slice of angel food cake
- angel food cake with strawberries
- piece of angel food cake
Examples
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She reached the bottom of the stairs carrying a large silver tray with an angel food cake coated in creamy pink peaks of whipped cream, sprinkled with slivered almonds.
Fiction book (2001) -
She made the most delicious angel food cake with dark chocolate sauce. "So, do you feel funny about it?"
Fiction book (2000) -
His wife made an angel food cake.
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I could never make a thing but angel food cake.
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Maybe angel food cake would be better than pound cake?
Blog text (25) -
Bryant, you put some ice cream on our angel food cake...
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For his birthday, my mother baked Uncle John an angel food cake, and Aunt Rose bought him a pair of Italian leather gloves.
Fiction book (1993) -
All the ladies in Maycomb, including my wife, will be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes.
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They came bringing angel food cakes, Jello salads, sugar pies, hot dishes of baked beans and chicken and noodles, cold ones of potato salad and slaw, and we sat down around the table to eat.
Blog text (10) -
The menu for the evening's event was the appetizer, followed by an entrée of herb-roasted chicken breast with a small fresh side salad and a dessert entrée of strawberry angel food cake.
Blog text (25)
Synonyms
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A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
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A light, airy cake that uses eggs, flour and sugar without butter or oil
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A very light cake made only from egg whites, flour, and sugar
How Airy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituent words 'angel' (suggesting lightness or purity) and 'cake' allow a learner to infer that this is a very light or delicate kind of cake, so there is a clear metaphoric link. However, the specific culinary properties (e.g. made without egg yolks, baked in a tube pan) and the conventionalized name are not fully predictable from the parts, so full understanding usually requires prior exposure.
Etymology
The name angel food cake comes from how light and fluffy the cake is, so people imagined it was the kind of food an angel would eat. Because it is made from only egg whites and no butter, the cake is very airy, so the name explains why it means 'light and airy'.