Angel cake Angel cake Angel cake (or "Angel food cake"; not to be confused with American Angel food cake) is a type of layered sponge cake dessert that originated in the United Kingdom, and first became popular in the late 19th century. Made with butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, self-raising flour, baking powder, and red and yellow food colouring, it consists of two or three layers of sweet sponge cake which is often coloured white, pink and yellow with a thin layer of white cream. It is traditionally sold either in long bars or small slices. The cake has won many
Gur cake Gur cake Gur cake is a pastry confection traditionally associated with Dublin, Ireland. Known as "chester cake" in other areas, and "gudge" or "donkey's gudge" in Cork, it is similar to what is termed "flies graveyard" in parts of the UK, and consists of a thick layer of filling between two thin layers of pastry. The filling is a dark brown paste, containing a mixture of cake/bread crumbs, dried fruits (sultana raisins etc.), and a sweetener/binder. It has traditionally been a cheap confection, made from bakery leftovers. Its name is thought to be a contraction of "gurrier cake". Children who