"angel cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: angel cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} angel cake (countable and uncountable, plural 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (cake with layers of sponge and a thin layer of white cream): bolo de claras [masculine] (Portuguese), bolo de anjo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-angel_cake-en-noun-dNAj1-3R Disambiguation of 'cake with layers of sponge and a thin layer of white cream': 77 23
  2. Angel food cake, a type of light sponge cake made without butter, which originated in the United States. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-angel_cake-en-noun-U7un-S2u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80

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