Angel cakeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

angel cake (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 angel cakes)

1. A layer cake consisting of two or three layers of sweet sponge (made with butter) coloured white, pink and yellow with a thin layer of white cream, which originated in Britain.
2. Angel food cake, a type of light sponge cake made without butter, which originated in the United States.
   • 1923, Paul Richards, Cakes for Bakers, page 253:

     Use between layers of angel cake or white cake, frost cake a delicate light green, sprinkle with a few fine-cut pistachios.

   • 2015 September 8, Jessica Fisher, Good Cheap Eats Dinner in 30 Minutes Or Less: Fresh, Fast, and Flavorful Home-Cooked Meals, with More Than 200 Recipes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 300:

     A purchased angel food cake works in a pinch, as it does in this black and white version, filled with chocolate sauce, chocolate whipped cream, and layers of angel cake. You'll need four 2-cup ramekins or parfait dishes.