[Sca-cooks] History of Angel Food Cake

[Daniel Myers]

Everything I've read points to an American origin in the late 1800s.

The Food Timeline has some good notes on the topic.

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcakes.html#angelfood

- Doc


> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Kathleen Gormanshaw <kgormanshaw at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, June 30, 2011 10:32 am
> 
> This site http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/red-white-blue-angel-food-cake.aspx?&lookup=auto&V01=&V02=&V03=&V04=&V05=&V06=&V07=&V08=&V09=&V49&V50=&Taun_Per_Flag=True&utm_source=email&utm_medium=eletter&utm_content=20110630-fourth-of-july&utm_campaign=fine-cooking
> Comments that Angel Food cake is American, with no history in French pastry.
> 
> Can anyone confirm or deny?  Know anything more about the history of
> angel food cake?
> 
> Just curious :-)
> 
> Eyrny