angel cake noun2 •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. •Angel food cake, a type of light sponge cake made without butter, which originated in the United States.Use between layers of angel cake or white cake, frost cake a delicate light green, sprinkle with a few fine-cut pistachios. — 1923 formsangel cakes