Angels on Earth magazine

Mom’s Go-to Birthday Cake

Angel food cake was a staple of my childhood, the centerpiece of our birthdays. Sometimes Mom draped it in chocolate icing or added clouds of whipped cream on top. But it was that sweet, fluffy interior that my siblings and I craved. A cake so light that it could keep an angel airborne.

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