2006-10-19 23:17:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Angel Food - light, airy, and better for me than,
Devel's Food - devilishly delicious, rich, sinful and bad for me!
As I remember... I'm sitting here in China; haven't had either in a couple of years, and you're driving me c-r-Azy! Forgot they even exISted! Thanks a lot! I want you all to have some for me; and while you're at it, eat a big peanut and grape jelly sandwich for me, and a bowlful of frosted Shredded Wheat Bites, and, um let's see... Oh well...
2006-10-19 23:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by GypsyGr-ranny 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One is heavenly airy, light enough to be carried away by winged cherubs. The other is deliciously dark and sinister, a temptation that feels sinful because it tastes so good.
Angel food cake, according to food historian and Esquire columnist John Mariani, came to the American table in the 1870s. It is sometimes called a sponge cake because it springs back into form under slight pressure. Adorn slices with fresh fruit and spoonfuls of whipped cream for a lovely summer dessert.
What makes angel food cake lighter than others is the addition of a dozen egg whites beaten until they are foamy. The egg whites add air, and thus volume, to the cake, which is baked in a tube pan.
Angel food's alter ego, devil's food cake, is not plain at all but comes fully dressed with dense chocolate icing over and between two round layers of chocolate cake. The cake's genealogy is also American; the first printed recipe dates to 1905.
The cake received its name "because it is supposedly so rich and delicious, that it must, to a moralist, be somewhat sinful, although the association is clearly made with humor," Mariani says in The Penguin Companion to Food (Penguin, 1999).
Make one of each and say the devil made you do it.
2006-10-19 23:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by LadieVamp 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no religious significance to either. Angel food cake is called that because, it is considered good for you, as Devil's food cake is bad for you.
2006-10-19 23:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angel food cake is light and airy and low in calories, just like an angel or a prayer. Devils food cake is dark and rich and loaded w/ calories like the Satan and sin.
2006-10-19 23:23:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about calories, angel food cake is low in calories as opposed to devil's food, which is so rich it's "sinful"
2006-10-19 23:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by sluggo1947 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HA HA HA I just said a few days ago on Facebook, "I eat Deviled Eggs and Angel Food Cake and it makes my farts smell and sound heavenly"
2016-03-28 02:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
none that I know of must be related to the texture of each
2006-10-19 23:21:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the religious significance is that they are heavenly
2006-10-19 23:18:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
One is very good and the other is naughty but nice!
2006-10-19 23:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
they both do not exist.
i go for non believer souffle'.
2006-10-19 23:20:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋