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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

angel food cakes

Definition: A light spongy cake made out of flour, egg whites, sugar and other ingredients. The mixture of egg whites and sugar is beaten until it is stiff; cream of tartar may be added to the mixture as a whipping agent. After the mixture is stiff, flour is gently added to it, mixed and poured into a baking pan for baking.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Used For: angel cakes
Spanish: tortas de ángel

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