Angel food cake Angel food cake Angel food cake, or angel cake, is a type of sponge cake made with egg whites, flour, and sugar. A whipping agent, such as cream of tartar, is commonly added. It differs from other cakes because it uses no butter. Its structure comes from whipped egg whites known as a protein foam. Angel food cake originated in the United States and first became popular in the late 19th century. It gained its unique reputation along with its name due to its light and fluffy texture, said to resemble the "food of the angels". Angel food cake requires
Coffee cake led to a new type of coffee cake to be created. This was called sour cream coffee cake. A variety of crumb cake (Streuselkuchen) which contains flour, sugar, butter and cinnamon granules on top. Applesauce cake is sometimes prepared and served as a coffee cake. In Hungary, there is a type of coffee cake called "arany galuska" containing walnuts and cinnamon. Coffee cake Coffee cake is cake intended to be eaten with, or flavored with, coffee. British coffee cake is a sponge flavoured with coffee. They are generally round and consist of two layers separated by coffee flavoured butter icing,