14 Ways To Spruce Up Your Go-To Angel Food Cake Recipe

Fruity, frosted or an after-dinner chocolate-coffee hit, these angel food cakes are bound to become part of your regular dessert rotation.

Angel Food Cake with Rosé Berries

Ree’s grandmother and great grandmother made angel food cakes, but these days the cake has been somewhat forgotten. Ree feels that a simple, classic, angel food cake really stands the test of time, and they can be a canvas for many variations: buttercream, food coloring or a fancy topping, such as Ree’s rosé berries and ice cream.

Great Grandma Pearl's Angel Food Cake with Peaches and Cream

My great-grandmother Pearl was famous for her angel food cake. She would enter baking contests with this recipe and always took home the blue ribbon. Among her bounty of prizes? A KitchenAid stand mixer (which came in very handy for this recipe, considering she used to beat the egg whites by hand) and a new stove! Not to mention a mighty fine sash and a ribbon proclaiming her the queen of cakes.